fstat(path)

Checks the existence of file or directory.
If not exist, return nil.
If exist, return the object information.
@status current Introduced in 2.5.0
Parameters
path (string) path to the object
Return value
table object info, table elements:
size (number) file size
attrib (number) file attribute flags
time (table) table with last time modified date and times, table elements:
year (number) year
mon (number) month
day (number) day of month
hour (number) hours
hour12 (number) hours in US format
min (number) minutes
sec (number) seconds
suffix (text) am or pm
Example
  info = fstat("radio")
  if info ~= nil then
    if (info.attrib == AM_DIR) then
      print("is a directory")
    end
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    size = info.size
    time = info.time
  end

dir(directory)

Part IV - Advanced Topics

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