stat/fstat (Debugging with GDB)

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#### stat/fstat

Synopsis:

      int stat(const char *pathname, struct stat *buf);
      int fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);

Request:

  ‘`Fstat,pathnameptr/len,bufptr`’
  ‘`Ffstat,fd,bufptr`’

Return value:

  On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned.

Errors:
  `EBADF`

    fd is not a valid open file.

  `ENOENT`

    A directory component in pathname does not exist or the path is an empty string.

  `ENOTDIR`

    A component of the path is not a directory.

  `EFAULT`

    pathnameptr is an invalid pointer value.

  `EACCES`

    No access to the file or the path of the file.

  `ENAMETOOLONG`

    pathname was too long.

  `EINTR`

    The call was interrupted by the user.