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- #lstat EXPR
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- #lstat
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Does the same thing as the stat function (including setting the special _ filehandle) but stats a symbolic link instead of the file the symbolic link points to. If symbolic links are unimplemented on your system, a normal stat is done.
If EXPR is omitted, stats $_.