stat()

[Justin Hibbits]

I found a problem with requiring stat() to use a file descriptor.

open() only allows the given modes of access.  However, you don't need 
read/write/execute/delete/append or whatever permissions in order to stat a 
file in *NIX, and that would cause some problems if someone were to try to 
stat a file they have no permission to in a directory they can read.

We should rethink this.
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