/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb CC, Run-time functions, stat  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Accesses information about the file descriptor or the file
  specification.

  Syntax:

       #include <stat.h>

       int stat(const char *file_spec, struct stat *buffer);
       (POSIX-1)

       int stat(const char *file_spec, struct stat *buffer,...);
       (Compaq C Extension)