// kiss-stat --- a utility for getting the user name of file owner // See LICENSE for copyright information /* The reason this simple tool exists is because 'stat' is not * portable and ls is not exactly stable enough for scripting. * This program is for outputting the owner name, and that's it. */ #include <pwd.h> #include <sys/stat.h> #include <stdio.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { struct stat sb; // Exit if no or multiple arguments are given if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <pathname>\n", argv[0]); return(1); } // Exit if file stat cannot be obtained if (lstat(argv[1], &sb) == -1) { perror(argv[0]); return(1); } // Print the user name of file owner struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(sb.st_uid); printf("%s\n", pw->pw_name); return(0); }