19647, "jhh67", "Filesystem module: should we add a stat method?", "2022-04-19T19:11:07Z"
Currently the Filesystem module has methods for returning some of the information about a file, but not all. We could add individual "getters" for the missing info (e.g. number of links), or we could create a stat method that returns all of the information in a record. The latter has the advantage that all information is returned in a single call and the contents are consistent at the time the call was made, whereas with individual getters it's no possible to get multiple pieces of information atomically.