viiftw · August 19, 2024 10:53 · Jan 25, 2017
diff --git a/fileinfo.go b/fileinfo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+ 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())
+
+ }