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.TH STRLS 3
.SH NAME
fmtls \- format file information in buffer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.EX
#include <ls.h>

char*         fmtls(char* \fIbuf\fP, char* \fIname\fP, struct stat* \fIst\fP,
                    char* \fIinfo\fP, char* \fIlink\fP, int \fIflags\fP);
.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.L fmtls
formats
.IR ls (1)
style file information into the buffer
.IR buf .
A pointer to the trailing 0 in 
.I buf
is returned.
.I name
is the file name.
.I st
is a pointer to the
.B "struct stat
status information for
.I name
obtained from one of the
.IR stat (2)
routines.
.I info
is an additional string that will appear before
.I name
in
.I buf
and
.I link
is the name of the related hard or soft link file.
Both
.I info
and
.I link
may be 0.
.I flags
controls the format style and may be a combination of the following:
.PP
.TP
.B LS_ATIME
Use
.I st->st_atime
rather than
.I st->st_mtime
for
.BR LS_LONG .
.TP
.B LS_CTIME
Use
.I st->st_mtime
rather than
.I st->st_mtime
for
.BR LS_LONG .
.TP
.B LS_BLOCKS
List the number of blocks.
.TP
.B LS_INUMBER
List the file serial number (inode number).
.TP
.B LS_LONG
List the file mode, link count, user and group name,
size or major/minor device number, and date along with the
file name.
.TP
.B LS_MARK
The file name is appended with
.L /
for directories,
.L @
for symbolic links,
and
.L *
for executable files.
.TP
.B LS_NOGROUP
Omit the group name from
.BR LS_LONG .
.TP
.B LS_NOUSER
Omit the user name from
.BR LS_LONG .
.PP
The user and group fields are each
.B LS_W_NAME
characters wide,
the
.B LS_INUMBER 
field is
.B LS_W_INUMBER
characters wide,
and the
.B LS_BLOCKS
field is
.B LS_W_BLOCKS
characters wide.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ls(1), stat(2), strmode(3)