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1.code

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"syscall"
)

const path = "/home/vagrant/blah"

func main() {
	f, err := os.Create(path)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	f.Close()

	os.Remove(path)

	f, err = os.Create(path)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fi2, err := os.Stat(path)

	// f.Close()

	fmt.Printf("%#v\n%#v\n",
		fi.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t),
		fi2.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t))

}

2.output

vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~/go/src/github.com/vektra/cypress/testdata$ rm /home/vagrant/blah 
vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~/go/src/github.com/vektra/cypress/testdata$ go run statsucks.go 
&syscall.Stat_t{Dev:0x801, Ino:0x22566, Nlink:0x1, Mode:0x81b4, Uid:0x3e8, Gid:0x3e8, X__pad0:0, Rdev:0x0, Size:0, Blksize:4096, Blocks:0, Atim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, Mtim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, Ctim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, X__unused:[3]int64{0, 0, 0}}
&syscall.Stat_t{Dev:0x801, Ino:0x22566, Nlink:0x1, Mode:0x81b4, Uid:0x3e8, Gid:0x3e8, X__pad0:0, Rdev:0x0, Size:0, Blksize:4096, Blocks:0, Atim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, Mtim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, Ctim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428012709, Nsec:188498202}, X__unused:[3]int64{0, 0, 0}}

AAAAARG

vagrant@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~/go/src/github.com/vektra/cypress/testdata$ ./statsucks 
&syscall.Stat_t{Dev:0x801, Ino:0x22563, Nlink:0x1, Mode:0x81b4, Uid:0x3e8, Gid:0x3e8, X__pad0:0, Rdev:0x0, Size:0, Blksize:4096, Blocks:0, Atim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020909, Nsec:569816173}, Mtim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020910, Nsec:745209975}, Ctim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020910, Nsec:745209975}, X__unused:[3]int64{0, 0, 0}}
&syscall.Stat_t{Dev:0x801, Ino:0x22563, Nlink:0x1, Mode:0x81b4, Uid:0x3e8, Gid:0x3e8, X__pad0:0, Rdev:0x0, Size:0, Blksize:4096, Blocks:0, Atim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020910, Nsec:745209975}, Mtim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020910, Nsec:745209975}, Ctim:syscall.Timespec{Sec:1428020910, Nsec:745209975}, X__unused:[3]int64{0, 0, 0}}