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getting fileinfo in go
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| package main | |
| import ( | |
| "fmt" | |
| "os" | |
| ) | |
| func main() { | |
| // can handle symbolic link, but will no follow the link | |
| fileInfo, err := os.Lstat("file.txt") | |
| // cannot handle symbolic link | |
| //fileInfo, err := os.Lstat("file.txt") | |
| if err != nil { | |
| panic(err) | |
| } | |
| fmt.Println("Name : ", fileInfo.Name()) | |
| fmt.Println("Size : ", fileInfo.Size()) | |
| fmt.Println("Mode/permission : ", fileInfo.Mode()) | |
| // --- check if file is a symlink | |
| if fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink { | |
| fmt.Println("File is a symbolic link") | |
| } | |
| fmt.Println("Modification Time : ", fileInfo.ModTime()) | |
| fmt.Println("Is a directory? : ", fileInfo.IsDir()) | |
| fmt.Println("Is a regular file? : ", fileInfo.Mode().IsRegular()) | |
| fmt.Println("Unix permission bits? : ", fileInfo.Mode().Perm()) | |
| fmt.Println("Permission in string : ", fileInfo.Mode().String()) | |
| fmt.Println("What else underneath? : ", fileInfo.Sys()) | |
| } |
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