[−][src]Function async_std::fs::metadata

pub async fn metadata<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Metadata>

Queries the metadata for a path.

This function will traverse symbolic links to query information about the file or directory.

This function is an async version of std::fs::metadata.

Errors

An error will be returned in the following situations (not an exhaustive list):

  • path does not exist.
  • The current process lacks permissions to query metadata for path.

Examples

use async_std::fs;

let perm = fs::metadata("a.txt").await?.permissions();