func Lstat(path string) (*StatT, error) {
	s := &syscall.Stat_t{}
	if err := syscall.Lstat(path, s); err != nil {
		return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "Lstat", Path: path, Err: err}
	}
	return fromStatT(s)
}
Lstat takes a path to a file and returns
a system.StatT type pertaining to that file.

Throws an error if the file does not exist
package system  
import (
	"os"
	"syscall"
)