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@node lstat
@section @code{lstat}
@findex lstat

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/lstat.html}

Gnulib module: lstat

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{lstat} may not
correctly report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB.
(Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
@item
For symlinks, when the argument ends in a slash, some platforms don't
dereference the argument:
Solaris 9.
@item
On some platforms, @code{lstat("file/",buf)} succeeds instead of
failing with @code{ENOTDIR}.
Solaris 9.
@item
On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), symlinks are not supported, so
@code{lstat} does not exist.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
@xref{sys/stat.h}, for general portability problems with @code{struct stat}.
@end itemize