Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] lstat vs stat?
Date: Sunday, 06 Sep 2020, 09:16:46

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > How do we know whether to use lstat() or stat() for the -newer flag? Is
    > there a way to know if it is a file is a symbolic link?

Unless the -L flag is specified, for -newer the relevant
time is that when the symbolic link was created, not
that when the target of the link was.  Thus fiend uses
lstat(), not stat() in that case.

--Stan-