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Remove redundant wording, minor edits for clarity.

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wblock 2017-06-23 18:38:27 +00:00
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)stat.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd January 14, 2016
.Dd June 23, 2017
.Dt STAT 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ The
.Fn lstat
system call is like
.Fn stat
except in the case where the named file is a symbolic link,
except when the named file is a symbolic link,
in which case
.Fn lstat
returns information about the link,
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ system call is equivalent to
.Fn stat
and
.Fn lstat
except in the case where the
except when the
.Fa path
specifies a relative path.
In this case the status is retrieved from a file relative to
@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ instead of the current working directory.
.Pp
The values for the
.Fa flag
are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of flags from the following list,
are constructed by a bitwise-inclusive OR of flags from this list,
defined in
.In fcntl.h :
.Bl -tag -width indent
@ -129,16 +129,16 @@ and into which information is placed concerning the file.
.Pp
The fields of
.Vt "struct stat"
related to the file system are as follows:
related to the file system are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Va st_nlink"
.It Va st_dev
The numeric ID of the device containing the file.
Numeric ID of the device containing the file.
.It Va st_ino
The file's inode number.
.It Va st_nlink
The number of hard links to the file.
Number of hard links to the file.
.It Va st_flags
The flags enabled for the file.
Flags enabled for the file.
See
.Xr chflags 2
for the list of flags and their description.
@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ fields together identify the file uniquely within the system.
.Pp
The time-related fields of
.Vt "struct stat"
are as follows:
are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Va st_birthtim"
.It Va st_atim
Time when file data last accessed.
Time when file data was last accessed.
Changed by the
.Xr mknod 2 ,
.Xr utimes 2 ,
@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ and
.Xr readv 2
system calls.
.It Va st_mtim
Time when file data last modified.
Time when file data was last modified.
Changed by the
.Xr mkdir 2 ,
.Xr mkfifo 2 ,
@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ system calls.
Time when the inode was created.
.El
.Pp
The following time-related macros are defined for compatibility:
These time-related macros are defined for compatibility:
.Bd -literal
#define st_atime st_atim.tv_sec
#define st_mtime st_mtim.tv_sec
@ -216,35 +216,35 @@ The following time-related macros are defined for compatibility:
#endif
.Ed
.Pp
The size-related fields of the
Size-related fields of the
.Vt "struct stat"
are as follows:
are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Va st_blksize"
.It Va st_size
The file size in bytes.
File size in bytes.
.It Va st_blksize
The optimal I/O block size for the file.
Optimal I/O block size for the file.
.It Va st_blocks
The actual number of blocks allocated for the file in 512-byte units.
Actual number of blocks allocated for the file in 512-byte units.
As short symbolic links are stored in the inode, this number may
be zero.
.El
.Pp
The access-related fields of
.Vt "struct stat"
are as follows:
are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Va st_mode"
.It Va st_uid
The user ID of the file's owner.
User ID of the file's owner.
.It Va st_gid
The group ID of the file.
Group ID of the file.
.It Va st_mode
Status of the file (see below).
.El
.Pp
The status information word
.Fa st_mode
has the following bits:
has these bits:
.Bd -literal
#define S_IFMT 0170000 /* type of file mask */
#define S_IFIFO 0010000 /* named pipe (fifo) */
@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ For a list of access modes, see
.Xr access 2
and
.Xr chmod 2 .
The following macros are available to test whether a
These macros are available to test whether a
.Va st_mode
value passed in the
.Fa m