Andreas Dilger [off-list ref] wrote:

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+		case S_IFCHR:	printf(" character special file\n");	ft = 'c'; break;

This will overflow 80 columns.  Could use just "character special"?

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+		case S_IFDIR:	printf(" directory\n");			ft = 'd'; break;
+		case S_IFBLK:	printf(" block special file\n");	ft = 'b'; break;
+		case S_IFREG:	printf(" regular file\n");		ft = '-'; break;
+		case S_IFLNK:	printf(" symbolic link\n");		ft = 'l'; break;

Having these all as single-word items would make it easier to parse for
test programs.  Same with "IO Block:" -> "Blocksize:".  Not a huge deal.

Try doing "stat /dev/null".

David