#include <iostream>	// for cout
#include <sys/types.h>	// for lstat
#include <sys/stat.h>	// for lstat
#include <unistd.h>	// for lstat

using namespace std;

int main() {
    // lstat has to put the information somewhere, namely,
    // in an object of type “struct stat”.  Here it is.
    struct stat statbuf;

    // Get the information about the file /etc/motd, and put it in statbuf.
    // Return 0 upon success, -1 upon failure.
    int result = lstat("/etc/motd", &statbuf);
    if (result != 0) {
	cerr << "lstat /etc/motd failed\n";
	return 1;
    }

    // Display some fields from the statbuf object.
    // They’re not necessarily in the format that you like.
    cout << "owner: "    << statbuf.st_uid << '\n';
    cout << "size:  "    << statbuf.st_size << '\n';
    cout << "modified: " << statbuf.st_mtime << '\n';

    // This program succeeded--indicate that with a zero.
    return 0;
}