# ansible stat -- version?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stat-version/28705>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stat-version/28705 "2018-10-02T17:39:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![erichymowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@erichymowitz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/erichymowitz)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stat-version/28705/1 "2018-10-02T17:39:26Z")

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So I ran the stat module on a local file, and it returned this:

“havethefile”: {  
“changed”: false,  
“failed”: false,  
“stat”: {  
“atime”: 1538498295.4939597,  
“attr\_flags”: “e”,  
[…]  
“uid”: 505,  
“version”: “18446744072179404285”,  
[…]

What is the version value? I cannot find it in any documentation.

Thanks.

–EbH

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-stat-version/28705/2 "2018-10-02T17:44:17Z")

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It is part of a file's attributes, from man page "file version or  
generation number" (its output from lsattr, can be set via chattr)