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14.4.26 sys/stat.h: file operations

   

DESCRIPTION

This header includes constant definitions and function prototypes for file operations.
chmod
Change the access mode of a file.
fchmod
Change the access mode of a file descriptor.
stat
Get statistics on a named file.
lstat
Get statistics on a named file without following symbolic links.
fstat
Get statistics on an open file by file descriptor.
mkdir
Create a directory.
mkfifo
Create a fifo.
mknod
Create a special file.
umask
Get/set creation mode mask.

None of these routines are implemented in the minimal C library. Refer to the POSIX library in Section 19.



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