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stat() was present in v1
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diff -r1.58 -r1.59 src/lib/libc/sys/stat.2
cvs diff -r1.58 -r1.59 src/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 (expand / switch to unified diff)

--- src/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 2017/02/03 08:14:58 1.58
+++ src/lib/libc/sys/stat.2 2019/09/01 19:45:48 1.59
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1.\" $NetBSD: stat.2,v 1.58 2017/02/03 08:14:58 abhinav Exp $ 1.\" $NetBSD: stat.2,v 1.59 2019/09/01 19:45:48 sevan Exp $
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@@ -19,27 +19,27 @@ @@ -19,27 +19,27 @@
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30.\" @(#)stat.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95 30.\" @(#)stat.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
31.\" 31.\"
32.Dd April 10, 2014 32.Dd September 1, 2019
33.Dt STAT 2 33.Dt STAT 2
34.Os 34.Os
35.Sh NAME 35.Sh NAME
36.Nm stat , 36.Nm stat ,
37.Nm lstat , 37.Nm lstat ,
38.Nm fstat , 38.Nm fstat ,
39.Nm fstatat 39.Nm fstatat
40.Nd get file status 40.Nd get file status
41.Sh LIBRARY 41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libc 42.Lb libc
43.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In sys/stat.h 44.In sys/stat.h
45.Ft int 45.Ft int
@@ -393,28 +393,30 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from @@ -393,28 +393,30 @@ An I/O error occurred while reading from
393.Xr types 3 , 393.Xr types 3 ,
394.Xr symlink 7 394.Xr symlink 7
395.Sh STANDARDS 395.Sh STANDARDS
396.Fn stat , 396.Fn stat ,
397.Fn lstat , 397.Fn lstat ,
398and 398and
399.Fn fstat 399.Fn fstat
400conform to 400conform to
401.St -p1003.1-2004 . 401.St -p1003.1-2004 .
402.Fn fstatat 402.Fn fstatat
403conforms to 403conforms to
404.St -p1003.1-2008 . 404.St -p1003.1-2008 .
405.Sh HISTORY 405.Sh HISTORY
406A 406The
407.Fn stat 407.Fn stat
408function call appeared in 408and
409.At v2 . 409.Fn fstat
 410function calls appeared in
 411.At v1 .
410A 412A
411.Fn lstat 413.Fn lstat
412function call appeared in 414function call appeared in
413.Bx 4.2 . 415.Bx 4.2 .
414.Sh BUGS 416.Sh BUGS
415Applying 417Applying
416.Fn fstat 418.Fn fstat
417to a socket (and thus to a pipe) 419to a socket (and thus to a pipe)
418returns a zero'd buffer, 420returns a zero'd buffer,
419except for the blocksize field, 421except for the blocksize field,
420and a unique device and file serial number. 422and a unique device and file serial number.