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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. For much more detailed
information, please see the documentation for stat.
If EXPR is omitted, stats $_
.
Portability issues: lstat in perlport.
