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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man1/stat.1 b/static/netbsd/man1/stat.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e15f56ac --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man1/stat.1 @@ -0,0 +1,726 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: stat.1,v 1.48 2025/05/03 21:00:58 kre Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Andrew Brown and Jan Schaumann. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 3, 2025 +.Dt STAT 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm stat +.Nd display file status +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl FLnq +.Oo +.Fl f Ar format | +.Fl l | +.Fl r | +.Fl s | +.Fl x +.Oc +.Op Fl t Ar timefmt +.Op Ar +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility displays information about each file given by +.Ar file . +Read, write, or execute permissions for the named file are not required, but +all directories listed in the pathname leading to the file must be +searchable. +.Pp +If no +.Ar file +argument is given, +.Nm +displays information about the file descriptor for standard input. +In this case the +.Fl L +option is ignored, and +.Nm +uses +.Xr fstat 2 +rather than +.Xr lstat 2 +or +.Xr stat 2 +to obtain information. +The +.Sq file name +(and also the +.Sq path name ) +in this case is +.Ql \&(stdin) . +The file number +.Pq Ql %@ +will be zero. +.Pp +Otherwise the information displayed is obtained by calling +.Xr lstat 2 +(or +.Xr stat 2 +with +.Fl L ) +with each given argument in turn and evaluating the returned structure. +.Pp +The default format displays the +.Fa st_dev , +.Fa st_ino , +.Fa st_mode , +.Fa st_nlink , +.Fa st_uid , +.Fa st_gid , +.Fa st_rdev , +.Fa st_size , +.Fa st_atime , +.Fa st_mtime , +.Fa st_ctime , +.Fa st_birthtime , +.Fa st_blksize , +.Fa st_blocks , +and +.Fa st_flags +fields, in that order. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl F +As in +.Xr ls 1 , +display a slash +.Pq Ql / +immediately after each pathname that is a directory, an +asterisk +.Pq Ql * +after each that is executable, an at sign +.Pq Ql @ +after each symbolic link, a percent sign +.Pq Ql % +after each whiteout, an equal sign +.Pq Ql = +after each socket, and a vertical bar +.Pq Ql \&| +after each that is a FIFO. +The use of +.Fl F +implies +.Fl l . +.It Fl f Ar format +Display information using the specified format. +See the +.Sx FORMATS +section for a description of valid formats. +.It Fl L +Use +.Xr stat 2 +instead of +.Xr lstat 2 . +The information reported by +.Nm +will refer to the target of +.Ar file , +if +.Ar file +is a symbolic link, rather than to +.Ar file +itself. +If +.Ar file +is not a symbolic link, +.Xr stat 2 +and +.Xr lstat 2 +give the same results, so this option is essentially +a no-op in that case. +If +.Ar file +is a symbolic link, +but the target of that link does not exist, then +.Nm +will fall back to using +.Xr lstat 2 +and display details of the symbolic link itself. +This is the only situation where, when +.Fl L +is used, the resulting data can refer to a symbolic link. +.It Fl l +Display output in +.Ic ls Fl lT +format. +.It Fl n +Do not force a newline to appear at the end of each piece of output. +.It Fl q +Suppress failure messages if calls to +.Xr fstat 2 , +.Xr lstat 2 , +.Xr readlink 2 , +.Xr realpath 3 , +or +.Xr stat 2 +fail. +.It Fl r +Display raw information. +That is, for all the fields in the stat-structure, +display the raw, numerical value (for example, times in seconds since the +epoch, etc.) +.It Fl s +Display information in +.Dq shell command +output format, +suitable for initializing variables. +This is equivalent to specifying +.Bd -literal +FMT="st_dev=%d st_ino=%i st_mode=%#p st_nlink=%l" +FMT="$FMT st_uid=%u st_gid=%g st_rdev=%r st_size=%z" +FMT="$FMT st_atime=%Sa st_mtime=%Sm st_ctime=%Sc" +FMT="$FMT st_birthtime=%SB st_blksize=%k st_blocks=%b" +FMT="$FMT st_flags=%f" +stat -t %s -f "$FMT" . +.Ed +.Pp +The +.Ar timefmt +may be altered from the default for +.Fl s +.Pq Ql \&%s +by also using the +.Fl t +option. +Note that if you use a +.Ar timefmt +that contains embedded whitespace or shell +meta-characters, +you will need to +include appropriate quoting in the +.Fl t +format, or supply an explicit format +.Pq Fl f , +rather than +.Fl s , +with the format containing appropriate quoting so the output remains valid. +.It Fl t Ar timefmt +Display timestamps, when to be output in string format, +using the specified format. +This format is +passed directly to +.Xr strftime 3 +with the extension that +.Ql %f +prints nanoseconds if available. +.It Fl x +Display information in a more verbose way as seen from some Linux +distributions. +.El +.Ss FORMATS +Format strings are similar to +.Xr printf 3 +formats in that they contain character data, +which is simply output, +interspersed with data conversions which start with +.Cm % , +are then followed by a sequence of formatting characters, and end in +a character that selects the datum, the field of the struct stat, +or other data, +which is to be formatted. +If the +.Cm % +is immediately followed by one of +.Cm n , +.Cm t , +.Cm % , +or +.Cm @ , +then a newline character, a tab character, a percent character, +or the current file number in the argument list is printed. +Otherwise the string is examined for the following: +.Pp +Any of the following optional flags in any order: +.Bl -tag -width Cm +.It Cm # +Selects an alternate output form for string, octal and hexadecimal output. +String output will be encoded in +.Xr vis 3 +style. +Octal output will have a leading zero. +Non-zero hexadecimal output will have +.Ql 0x +prepended to it. +.It Cm + +Asserts that a sign indicating whether a number is positive or negative +should always be printed. +Non-negative numbers are not usually printed with a sign. +.It Cm - +Aligns string output to the left of the field, instead of to the right. +.It Cm 0 +Sets the fill character for left padding to the 0 character, instead of +a space. +.It space +Reserves a space at the front of non-negative signed output fields. +A +.Sq Cm + +overrides a space if both are used. +.El +.Pp +Then followed by the following fields in the following order: +.Bl -tag -width Ar +.It Ar size +An optional decimal digit string specifying the minimum field width. +Note that a leading zero is treated as the +.Sq Cm 0 +flag (above), subsequent embedded zeroes are part of the +.Ar size . +.It Ar prec +An optional precision composed of a decimal point +.Sq Cm \&. +and a decimal digit string that indicates the maximum string length, +the number of digits to appear after the decimal point in floating point +output, or the minimum number of digits to appear in other numeric output. +.It Ar fmt +An optional output format specifier which is one of +.Cm D , +.Cm O , +.Cm U , +.Cm X , +.Cm F , +or +.Cm S . +These represent signed decimal output, octal output, unsigned decimal +output, hexadecimal output, floating point output, and string output, +respectively. +Some output formats do not apply to all fields. +Floating point output only applies to timespec fields (the +.Cm a , +.Cm m , +and +.Cm c +fields). +.Pp +The special output format specifier +.Cm S +may be used to indicate that the output, if +applicable, should be in string format. +May be used in combination with the following field specifiers: +.Bl -tag -width Cm +.It Cm a , m , c +Display date in +.Xr strftime 3 +format with the extension that +.Ql %f +prints nanoseconds if available. +.It Cm d , r +Display actual device name. +.It Cm f +Display the flags of +.Ar file +as in +.Nm ls Fl ldo . +.It Cm g , u +Display group or user name. +.It Cm p +Display the mode of +.Ar file +symbolically, as in +.Ic ls -lTd . +.It Cm N +Displays the name of +.Ar file . +.It Cm T +Displays the type of +.Ar file . +.It Cm R , Y +Insert a +.Sq Li \~->\~ \" .Ql, but force quotes even in PS output +into the output. +Note that the default output formats for +.Cm Y +and +.Cm R +are strings, if +.Cm S +is specified explicitly, these four characters are prepended. +.El +.It Ar sub +An optional sub field specifier: high, middle, or low. +Only applies to the +.Cm d , +.Cm N , +.Cm p , +.Cm r , +.Cm T , +and +.Cm z +output field specifiers. +It can be one of the following: +.Bl -tag -width Cm +.It Cm H +.Dq High +subfield of +.Ar datum\^ : +.Bl -tag -compact -width Cm +.It Cm d , r +Major number for devices +.It Cm N +Directory path of the file, similar to what +.Xr dirname 1 +would show +.It Cm p +.Dq User +bits from the string form of permissions, +or the file +.Dq type +bits from the numeric forms +.It Cm T +The long output form of file type +.It Cm z +File size, rounded to the nearest gigabyte +.El +.It Cm M +.Dq Middle +subfield of +.Ar datum\^ : +.Bl -tag -compact -width Cm +.It Cm p +The +.Dq group +bits from the string form of permissions, +or the +.Dq suid , +.Dq sgid , +and +.Dq sticky +bits from the numeric forms +.It Cm z +File size, rounded to the nearest megabyte +.El +.It Cm L +.Dq Low +subfield of +.Ar datum\^ : +.Bl -tag -compact -width Cm +.It Cm d , r +Minor number for devices +.It Cm N +Base filename of the file, similar to what +.Xr basename 1 +would show +.It Cm p +The +.Dq other +bits from the string form of permissions, +or the +.Dq user , +.Dq group , +and +.Dq other +bits from the numeric forms +.It Cm T +The +.Ic ls -F +style output character for file type (the use of +.Cm L +here is optional) +.It Cm z +File size, rounded to the nearest kilobyte +.El +.El +.It Ar datum +A required field specifier, ending the conversion specification, +being one of the following: +.Bl -tag -width Cm +.It Cm d +Device upon which +.Ar file +resides +.Pq Fa st_dev . +.It Cm i +.Ar file Ap s +inode number +.Pq Fa st_ino . +.It Cm p +File type and permissions +.Pq Fa st_mode . +.It Cm l +Number of hard links to +.Ar file +.Pq Fa st_nlink . +.It Cm u , g +User-id and group-id of +.Ar file Ap s +owner +.Pq Fa st_uid , st_gid . +.It Cm r +Device number for character and block device special files +.Pq Fa st_rdev . +.It Cm a , m , c , B +The time +.Ar file +was last accessed or modified, or when its inode was last changed, or +the birth time of the inode +.Pq Fa st_atime , st_mtime , st_ctime , st_birthtime . +.It Cm z +The size of +.Ar file +in bytes +.Pq Fa st_size . +.It Cm b +Number of blocks allocated for +.Ar file +.Pq Fa st_blocks . +.It Cm k +Optimal file system I/O operation block size +.Pq Fa st_blksize . +.It Cm f +User defined flags for +.Ar file +.Pq Fa st_flags . +.It Cm v +Inode generation number +.Pq Fa st_gen . +.El +.Pp +The following five field specifiers are not drawn directly from the +data in +.Vt struct stat , +but are: +.Bl -tag -width Cm +.It Cm N +The name of the file. +.It Cm R +The absolute pathname corresponding to the file. +.It Cm T +The file type, either as in +.Ic ls -F +or in a more descriptive form if the sub field specifier +.Cm H +is given. +.It Cm Y +The target of a symbolic link. +.It Cm Z +Expands to +.Dq Ar major Ns Li \&, Ns Ar minor\^ +.Po +that is, +.Sq Li %Hr,%-Lr +.Pc +for character or block special devices, +and gives size output +.Pq Sq Li %z +for all other file types. +A specified field width applies to the overall result +(approximately half each for the two device file sub-fields), +but precision, output format, and flags are used separately for +each conversion made (but note the +.Sq Cm - +in the +.Sq Li %-Lr +conversion.) +.El +.El +.Pp +Only the +.Sq Cm % +and the +.Ar datum +(field specifier) are required. +Most field specifiers default to +.Cm U +as an output format, with the +exception of +.Cm p +which defaults to +.Cm O ; +.Cm a , m , +and +.Cm c +which default to +.Cm D ; +and +.Cm Y , T , R , +and +.Cm N , +which default to +.Cm S . +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std +.Sh EXAMPLES +If no options are specified, the default format is: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +%d %i %Sp %l %Su %Sg %r %z "%Sa" "%Sm" "%Sc" "%SB" %k %b %#Xf %N +.Ed +.Pp +Thus: +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +> stat /tmp/bar +0 78852 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel \(mi1 0 "Jul 8 10:26:03 2004" "Jul 8 10:26:03 2004" "Jul 8 10:28:13 2004" "Jan 1 09:00:00 1970" 16384 0 0 /tmp/bar +.Ed +.Pp +This next example produces output very similar to that from +.Ic find Ar \&.\|.\|. Ic -ls , +except that +.Xr find 1 +displays the time in a different format, and +.Xr find 1 +sometimes adds one or more spaces after the comma in +.Dq Ar major Ns Li \&, Ns Ar minor\^ +for device nodes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> stat -f "%7i %6b %-11Sp %3l %-17Su %-17Sg %9Z %Sm %N%SY" /tmp/bar + 78852 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 8 10:26:03 2004 /tmp/bar + +> find /tmp/bar -ls -exit + 78852 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 8 2004 /tmp/bar +.Ed +.Pp +This example produces output very similar to that from +.Ic ls -lTd , +except that +.Xr ls 1 +adjusts the column spacing differently when listing multiple files, +and adds at least one space after the comma in +.Dq Ar major Ns Li \&, Ns Ar minor\^ +for device nodes: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> stat -f "%-11Sp %l %Su %Sg %Z %Sm %N%SY" /tmp/bar +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 8 10:26:03 2004 /tmp/bar + +> ls -lTd /tmp/bar +-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 8 10:26:03 2004 /tmp/bar +.Ed +.Pp +Given a symbolic link +.Pa /tmp/foo +that points to +.Pa / , +you would use +.Nm +as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> stat -F /tmp/foo +lrwxrwxrwx 1 jschauma cs 1 Apr 24 16:37:28 2002 /tmp/foo@ -> / + +> stat -LF /tmp/foo +drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 Apr 19 10:57:54 2002 /tmp/foo/ +.Ed +.Pp +To initialize some shell variables, you could use the +.Fl s +flag as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> csh +% eval set `stat -s .cshrc` +% echo $st_size $st_mtime +1148 1015432481 + +> sh +$ eval $(stat -s .profile) +$ echo $st_size $st_mtime +1148 1015432481 +.Ed +.Pp +In order to get a list of the kind of files including files pointed to if the +file is a symbolic link, you could use the following format: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +$ stat -f "%N: %HT%SY" /tmp/* +/tmp/bar: Symbolic Link -> /tmp/foo +/tmp/output25568: Regular File +/tmp/blah: Directory +/tmp/foo: Symbolic Link -> / +.Ed +.Pp +In order to get a list of the devices, their types and the major and minor +device numbers, formatted with tabs and line breaks, you could use the +following format: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +stat -f "Name: %N%n%tType: %HT%n%tMajor: %Hr%n%tMinor: %Lr%n%n" /dev/* +[...] +Name: /dev/wt8 + Type: Block Device + Major: 3 + Minor: 8 + +Name: /dev/zero + Type: Character Device + Major: 2 + Minor: 12 +.Ed +.Pp +In order to determine the permissions set on a file separately, you could use +the following format: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> stat -f "%Sp -> owner=%SHp group=%SMp other=%SLp" . +drwxr-xr-x -> owner=rwx group=r-x other=r-x +.Ed +.Pp +In order to determine the three files that have been modified most recently, +you could use the following format: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> stat -f "%m%t%Sm %N" /tmp/* | sort -rn | head -3 | cut -f2- +Apr 25 11:47:00 2002 /tmp/blah +Apr 25 10:36:34 2002 /tmp/bar +Apr 24 16:47:35 2002 /tmp/foo +.Ed +.Pp +User names, group names, and file names that contain spaces +or other special characters may be encoded in +.Xr vis 3 +style, using the +.Sq Cm \&# +flag: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +> ln -s 'target with spaces' 'link with spaces' +> stat -f "%#N%#SY" 'link with spaces' +link\eswith\esspaces -> target\eswith\esspaces +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr basename 1 , +.Xr dirname 1 , +.Xr find 1 , +.Xr ls 1 , +.Xr readlink 1 , +.Xr fstat 2 , +.Xr lstat 2 , +.Xr readlink 2 , +.Xr stat 2 , +.Xr printf 3 , +.Xr realpath 3 , +.Xr strftime 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Nx 1.6 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +utility was written by +.An Andrew Brown +.Aq atatat@NetBSD.org . +This man page was written by +.An Jan Schaumann +.Aq jschauma@NetBSD.org . |
