STATEF

returns information on a file or directory

Returns a string describing the type, size, protection bits and creation date of an entry of a directory.

Each entry consists of the following tokens, separated by blank spaces: <type> <size> <blocks> <flags> <days> <mins> <ticks> <cmt>

type

either DIR, FILE, DIRLINK, FILELINK, or SOFTLINK

size

in bytes, as a decimal string

blocks

size in blocks of the file system

flags

protection flags, as string of HSPAWRED where each character indicates one protection bit if set, or a dash if the bit is reset.

days

days since 1.1.1970 of the last modification time

mins

minutes since the start of the day since last modification of the file or directory.

ticks

ticks from the last minute of the last modification of the file or directory.

cmt

file comment, if any