5 POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/stat.html}
9 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
13 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
16 On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, @code{stat} may not correctly
17 report the size of files or block devices larger than 2 GB. The fix is to
18 use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro.
20 Cygwin's @code{stat} function sometimes sets @code{errno} to @code{EACCES} when
21 @code{ENOENT} would be more appropriate.