Signed-off-by: Ivan Markin <twim@riseup.net>
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build linux freebsd solaris
+// +build linux freebsd solaris openbsd
// Package kernel provides helper function to get, parse and compare kernel
// versions for different platforms.
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@ func fromStatT(s *syscall.Stat_t) (*StatT, error) {
rdev: uint64(s.Rdev),
mtim: s.Mtim}, nil
}
+
+// Stat takes a path to a file and returns
+// a system.Stat_t type pertaining to that file.
+//
+// Throws an error if the file does not exist
+func Stat(path string) (*StatT, error) {
+ s := &syscall.Stat_t{}
+ if err := syscall.Stat(path, s); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return fromStatT(s)
+}