use crate::fs::asyncify; use std::fs::Metadata; use std::io; use std::path::Path; /// Given a path, queries the file system to get information about a file, /// directory, etc. /// /// This is an async version of [`std::fs::metadata`][std] /// /// This function will traverse symbolic links to query information about the /// destination file. /// /// # Platform-specific behavior /// /// This function currently corresponds to the `stat` function on Unix and the /// `GetFileAttributesEx` function on Windows. Note that, this [may change in /// the future][changes]. /// /// [std]: std::fs::metadata /// [changes]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/io/index.html#platform-specific-behavior /// /// # Errors /// /// This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not /// limited to just these cases: /// /// * The user lacks permissions to perform `metadata` call on `path`. /// * `path` does not exist. /// /// # Examples /// /// ```rust,no_run /// use tokio::fs; /// /// #[tokio::main] /// async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { /// let attr = fs::metadata("/some/file/path.txt").await?; /// // inspect attr ... /// Ok(()) /// } /// ``` pub async fn metadata(path: impl AsRef) -> io::Result { let path = path.as_ref().to_owned(); asyncify(|| std::fs::metadata(path)).await }