Expose lstat / read_link_info

[yoshi-monster]

Hi!

currently there is no way to get the stat object for a symbolic link, outside of knowning that something is a symlink by using is_symlink.

Hayleigh suggested that I use simplifile for my file watcher library, but unfortunately, I would also need to have access to the last modified timestamp / other stat data for the symlink itself, not just the target it points to.

Would this be something you'd consider adding?
Thanks, ~yoshi

[bcpeinhardt]

Hmmm. The file_info function returns a FileInfo object which includes the last modified time (mtime_seconds since the unix epoch iirc).
What other info were you looking for? We do a custom object because different info is available in different shapes on node vs deno vs bun vs erlang.

Edit: I get it now we're using stat not lstat and you need info about the link not the target. Yeah more utils than is_simlink should definitely be added.