---
title: "init(_:relativeTo:flags:retryOnInterrupt:)"
framework: system
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "system/stat/init(_:relativeto:flags:retryoninterrupt:)-5rm1x"
---

# init(_:relativeTo:flags:retryOnInterrupt:)

Creates a Stat struct from an UnsafePointer<CChar> path and Flags, including a FileDescriptor to resolve a relative path.

## Declaration

```swift
init(_ path: UnsafePointer<CChar>, relativeTo fd: FileDescriptor, flags: Stat.Flags, retryOnInterrupt: Bool = true) throws(Errno)
```

## Discussion

Discussion If path is absolute (starts with a forward slash), then fd is ignored. If path is relative, it is resolved against the directory given by fd. The corresponding C function is fstatat().