Python os.fstat() Method

Advertisements

Previous Page
Next Page  

Description

Python method fstat() returns information about a file associated with the fd. Here is the structure returned by fstat method −

  • st_dev − ID of device containing file

  • st_ino − inode number

  • st_mode − protection

  • st_nlink − number of hard links

  • st_uid − user ID of owner

  • st_gid − group ID of owner

  • st_rdev − device ID (if special file)

  • st_size − total size, in bytes

  • st_blksize − blocksize for filesystem I/O

  • st_blocks − number of blocks allocated

  • st_atime − time of last access

  • st_mtime − time of last modification

  • st_ctime − time of last status change

Syntax

Following is the syntax for fstat() method −

os.fstat(fd)

Parameters

  • fd − This is the file descriptor for which system information is to be returned.

Return Value

This method returns information about a file associated with the fd.

Example

The following example shows the usage of chdir() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# Open a file
fd = os.open( "foo.txt", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREAT )

# Now get  the touple
info = os.fstat(fd)

print "File Info :", info

# Now get uid of the file
print "UID of the file :%d" % info.st_uid

# Now get gid of the file
print "GID of the file :%d" % info.st_gid

# Close opened file
os.close( fd)

When we run above program, it produces following result −

File Info : (33261, 3753776L, 103L, 1, 0, 0, 
            102L, 1238783197, 1238786767, 1238786767)
UID of the file :0
GID of the file :0
python_files_io.htm
Advertisements