Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter06/recipe01.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the sample test.file with the content This is test file.
4. Create the fileinfo.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "os"        )        func main() {          f, err := os.Open("test.file")          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          fi, err := f.Stat()          if err != nil {            panic(err)          }          fmt.Printf("File name: %v\n", fi.Name())          fmt.Printf("Is Directory: %t\n", fi.IsDir())          fmt.Printf("Size: %d\n", fi.Size())          fmt.Printf("Mode: %v\n", fi.Mode())        }

5. Execute the code by running go run fileinfo.go in the main Terminal.
6. You will see the following output: