.\" $Id: libssh2_sftp_stat_ex.3,v 1.2 2008/12/23 12:34:17 bagder Exp $
.\"
.TH libssh2_sftp_stat_ex 3 "1 Jun 2007" "libssh2 0.15" "libssh2 manual"
.SH NAME
libssh2_sftp_stat_ex - get status about an SFTP file
.SH SYNOPSIS
#include <libssh2.h>
#include <libssh2_sftp.h>

int 
libssh2_sftp_stat_ex(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path, unsigned int path_len, int stat_type, LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs);

int 
libssh2_sftp_stat(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path, LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs);

int 
libssh2_sftp_lstat(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path, LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs);

int 
libssh2_sftp_setstat(LIBSSH2_SFTP *sftp, const char *path, LIBSSH2_SFTP_ATTRIBUTES *attrs);

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIsftp\fP - SFTP instance as returned by 
.BR libssh2_sftp_init(3)

\fIpath\fP - Remote filesystem object to stat/lstat/setstat.

\fIpath_len\fP - Length of the name of the remote filesystem object 
to stat/lstat/setstat.

\fIstat_type\fP - One of the three constants specifying the type of 
stat operation to perform.
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_STAT\fP: performs stat(2) operation
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_LSTAT\fP: performs lstat(2) operation
.br
\fBLIBSSH2_SFTP_SETSTAT\fP: performs operation to set stat info on file

\fIattrs\fP - Pointer to attribute structure to set file metadata 
from or into depending on the value of stat_type.

Get or Set statbuf type data on a remote filesystem object. When 
getting statbuf data, 
.BR libssh2_sftp_stat(3)
will follow all symlinks, while 
.BR libssh2_sftp_lstat(3)
will return data about the object encountered, even if that object 
happens to be a symlink.

.SH RETURN VALUE
Return 0 on success or negative on failure.  It returns
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN when it would otherwise block. While
LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN is a negative number, it isn't really a failure per se.

.SH ERRORS
\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_ALLOC\fP -  An internal memory allocation call failed.

\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_SEND\fP - Unable to send data on socket.

\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT\fP - 

\fILIBSSH2_ERROR_SFTP_PROTOCOL\fP - An invalid SFTP protocol response was 
received on the socket, or an SFTP operation caused an errorcode to 
be returned by the server.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libssh2_sftp_init(3)