lstat.txt

bert@piscisaureus-mint ~ $ echo "bla bla bla" > file

bert@piscisaureus-mint ~ $ ln -s file symlink

bert@piscisaureus-mint ~ $ chmod 007 symlink

bert@piscisaureus-mint ~ $ node -p -e "require('fs').lstatSync('symlink')"
{ dev: 2049,
  ino: 393529,
  mode: 41471,
  nlink: 1,
  uid: 1000,
  gid: 1000,
  rdev: 0,
  size: 4,
  blksize: 4096,
  blocks: 0,
  atime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:29:11 GMT,
  mtime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:47 GMT,
  ctime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:47 GMT }

bert@piscisaureus-mint ~ $ node -p -e "require('fs').statSync('symlink')"
{ dev: 2049,
  ino: 393530,
  mode: 32775,
  nlink: 1,
  uid: 1000,
  gid: 1000,
  rdev: 0,
  size: 12,
  blksize: 4096,
  blocks: 8,
  atime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:11 GMT,
  mtime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:28:11 GMT,
  ctime: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:30:00 GMT }