Python os.statx for Linux

October 14, 2025

Python 3.15 added os.statx() function that provides access to the high performance statx() system call available on Linux kernels 4.11 and newer with glibc 2.28 and newer. The Ffilesystem library uses statx() by default if available on Linux. Having os.statx() available in Python allows for easier prototyping of features that might use statx(). See Ffilesystem statx() code for usage examples with graceful fallback to stat().