FileStat class

A FileStat object represents the result of calling the POSIX stat() function on a file system object. It is an immutable object, representing the snapshotted values returned by the stat() call.

A FileStat object represents the result of calling the POSIX stat() function on a file system object. It is an immutable object, representing the snapshotted values returned by the stat() call.

Static Methods

statSync ( String path ) → FileStat
Calls the operating system's stat() function on path. Returns a FileStat object containing the data returned by stat(). If the call fails, returns a FileStat object with .type set to FileSystemE...
stat ( String path ) → Future<FileStat>
Asynchronously calls the operating system's stat() function on path. Returns a Future which completes with a FileStat object containing the data returned by stat(). If the call fails, completes th...

Instance Properties

changed DateTime
read-only
The time of the last change to the data or metadata of the file system object. On Windows platforms, this is instead the file creation time.
modified DateTime
read-only
The time of the last change to the data of the file system object.
accessed DateTime
read-only
The time of the last access to the data of the file system object. On Windows platforms, this may have 1 day granularity, and be out of date by an hour.
type FileSystemEntityType
read-only
The type of the object (file, directory, or link). If the call to stat() fails, the type of the returned object is NOT_FOUND.
mode int
read-only
The mode of the file system object. Permissions are encoded in the lower 16 bits of this number, and can be decoded using the modeString getter.
size int
read-only
The size of the file system object.

Instance Methods

toString ( ) → String
Returns a string representation of this object.
modeString ( ) → String
Returns the mode value as a human-readable string, in the format "rwxrwxrwx", reflecting the user, group, and world permissions to read, write, and execute the file system object, with "-" replacing t...