`stat` is a function provided by the operating system.  As such, the
results of `stat` are not guaranteed to be the same from one operating
system to another.  You have to find documentation for your own system
to ensure you have the proper meaning for your system.

However, it is expected that `stat`, along with `lstat` and `fstat`, are
functions relating to information about a particular file.  Typically
`stat` takes an argument of a file name, and `fstat` takes an argument of
an open file descriptor.  `lstat` is a bit different: while it takes an
argument of a file name, if the file name is some sort of aliases or
symbolic representation of another file, that alias's stat information
is what is returned instead of the real file that is the alias's target.

**See also**
   * [file stat]
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