Get the status (type and access mode) of a file or directory.

Bit encoded type and mode of the given file or 0 if the file cannot be accessed.

The following determines whether ftest is a directory and if it is writable:

fstat:= getfstat("ftest")
if bittest(fstat, SYS_TYP)=SYS_DIR
then writeln("ftest is a directory")
end-if
if bittest(fstat, SYS_WRITE)=SYS_WRITE
then writeln("ftest is writeable")
end-if 

The returned status type may be decoded using the constant mask SYS_TYP (the types are exclusive). Possible values are:

SYS_DIR	Directory
SYS_REG	Regular file
SYS_OTH	Special file (device, pipe...)

The access mode may be decoded using the constant mask SYS_MOD (the access modes are additive). Possible values are:

SYS_READ	Can be read
SYS_WRITE	Can be modified
SYS_EXEC	Is executable

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