OS Module : os.stat ( )

OS Stat

To perform a stat system call on the given path, we can use the os.stat() functionof OS.

First import the the os module and then simply specify the path of the file that you want to perform the system call on.

Example

Let’s see an example of how to use the os.stat function

import os
print "-" * 30
print "os.stat    = status of a file 	" , os.stat('/usr/bin/vi')
print "-" * 30