---
name: "IO.Stat"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/IO.Stat"
---

# IO.Stat(3kaya)

File information

## NAME

IO::Stat - File information

## SYNOPSIS

**IO::Stat\<** **\>**

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  \=  **Stat(***IO::Mode mode,Int nlinks,Int atime,Int mtime,Int ctime***)**

## DESCRIPTION

Information about a file. The **mode**  field describes the file mode, **nlinks**  is the number of links to the file, and **atime**  , **mtime**  and **ctime**  are the access, modify (last change to contents) and change (last change to contents or mode) times measured in seconds since midnight Jan 1 1970. The **Time.gmtime (3kaya)** function may be useful to deal with these fields.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

## RELATED

**IO.Mode (3kaya)**

**IO.stat (3kaya)**