* createDirs(path): if path already exists, make sure it's a

  directory.
* Provide a C++ wrapper around lstat().  

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 27ad46904958..f86290f31694 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "types.hh"
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ Path dirOf(const Path & path);
    following the final `/'. */
 string baseNameOf(const Path & path);
 
+/* Get status of `path'. */
+struct stat lstat(const Path & path);
+
 /* Return true iff the given path exists. */
 bool pathExists(const Path & path);