stat.go

package main

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"syscall"

	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
)

type FileStateOS struct {
	Inode  uint64 `json:"inode,omitempty"`
	Device uint64 `json:"device,omitempty"`
}

// GetOSFileState returns the FileStateOS for non windows systems
func GetOSFileState(info *os.FileInfo) *FileStateOS {
	stat := (*(info)).Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)

	spew.Dump(stat.Dev)

	// Convert inode and dev to uint64 to be cross platform compatible
	fileState := &FileStateOS{
		Inode:  uint64(stat.Ino),
		Device: uint64(stat.Dev),
	}

	spew.Dump(fileState.Device)

	return fileState
}

func main() {
	file, _ := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
	fileinfo, _ := file.Stat()

	GetOSFileState(&fileinfo)
}