perating system's <code>stat()</code> function (or equivalent) on <code>path</code>.</p>
<p>Returns a <a href="dart-io/FileStat-class.html">FileStat</a> object containing the data returned by <code>stat()</code>.
If the call fails, returns a <a href="dart-io/FileStat-class.html">FileStat</a> object with <a href="dart-io/FileStat/type.html">FileStat.type</a> set to
<a href="dart-io/FileSystemEntityType/notFound-constant.html">FileSystemEntityType.notFound</a> and the other fields invalid.</p>
    </section>
