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+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package fs
+
+// A StatFS is a file system with a Stat method.
+type StatFS interface {
+	FS
+
+	// Stat returns a FileInfo describing the file.
+	// If there is an error, it should be of type *PathError.
+	Stat(name string) (FileInfo, error)
+}
+
+// Stat returns a FileInfo describing the named file from the file system.
+//
+// If fs implements StatFS, Stat calls fs.Stat.
+// Otherwise, Stat opens the file to stat it.
+func Stat(fsys FS, name string) (FileInfo, error) {
+	if fsys, ok := fsys.(StatFS); ok {
+		return fsys.Stat(name)
+	}
+
+	file, err := fsys.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	return file.Stat()
+}