The stat method of the os module

The stat method is designed to obtain information about the status of the path specified in its parameter. Returns a string or a byte object os.stat_result with attributes.

Attributes of the os.stat object_result

Attribute	Description
`st_mode`	Shows the file type and file bit mode.
`st_ino`	Shows the inode number on Unix and the file index on Windows.
`st_dev`	Shows the device ID where the file is located.
`st_nlink`	Shows the number of hard links.
`st_uid`	Shows the user ID of the file owner.
`st_gid`	Shows the group ID of the file owner.
`st_size`	Shows the file size in bytes.
`st_atime`	Shows the last access time. Expressed in seconds.
`st_mtime`	Shows the time of the last modification of the content. Expressed in seconds.
`st_ctime`	Shows the last modification time of metadata on Unix and creation time on Windows. Expressed in seconds.
`st_atime_ns`	Shows the last access time. Expressed in nanoseconds as an integer.
`st_mtime_ns`	Shows the time of the last modification of the content. Expressed in nanoseconds as an integer.
`st_ctime_ns`	Shows the last modification time of metadata on Unix and creation time on Windows. Expressed in nanoseconds as an integer.
`st_blocks`	Shows the number of `512` byte blocks allocated for the file.
`st_rdev`	Shows the device type if it is an inode.
`st_flags`	Shows user-defined flags for a file.

Syntax

import os

os.stat(file path/folder)

Example

Let's find out the status of the file:

import os

print(os.stat('file.txt'))

The result of the executed code:

os.stat_result(
	st_mode=33206,
	st_ino=1970324838088376,
	st_dev=2862826519,
	st_nlink=1,
	st_uid=0,
	st_gid=0,
	st_size=210,
	st_atime=1701422724,
	st_mtime=1701364277,
	st_ctime=1701363216
	)

The stat method of the os module

Attributes of the os.stat object_result

Syntax

Example

See also