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Diffstat (limited to 'extension/filefuncs.3am')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/extension/filefuncs.3am b/extension/filefuncs.3am index e0caba05..23800c47 100644 --- a/extension/filefuncs.3am +++ b/extension/filefuncs.3am @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH FILEFUNCS 3am "Aug 08 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" +.TH FILEFUNCS 3am "Nov 21 2012" "Free Software Foundation" "GNU Awk Extension Modules" .SH NAME filefuncs \- provide some file related functionality to gawk .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ filefuncs \- provide some file related functionality to gawk .sp result = chdir("/some/directory") .sp -result = stat("/some/path", statdata) +result = stat("/some/path", statdata [, follow]) .sp flags = or(FTS_PHYSICAL, ...) .br @@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ The .B stat() function provides a hook into the .IR stat (2) -system call. In fact, it uses -.IR lstat (2). +system call. It returns zero upon success or less than zero upon error. In the latter case it updates .BR ERRNO . +By default, it uses +.IR lstat (2). +However, if passed a third argument, it uses +.IR stat (2), +instead. .PP In all cases, it clears the .B statdata |