[phobos] Feature request: new method for std.file.DirEntry

[Peter Williams]

I would like to request the addition of a method named linkStatBuf() to 
DirEntry (in the std.file module) which would have the same relationship 
to statBuf() as linkAttributes() has to attributes().

As part of learning D, I'm reimplementing GNU patch in D (lots of messy 
problems to be solved which accelerates learning) and one of its options 
allows the user to specify whether soft links should be followed or not 
and to do this I need access to the soft link's stat struct preferably 
via a standard D mechanism. The above requested feature would provide 
such a mechanism.

In the meantime are lstat, stat etc accessible via any of the libraries 
in phobos or do I have to do it the hard way?

Thanks,
Peter