diff --git a/src/index/fetcher.h b/src/index/fetcher.h
index 92cf38d9..2ac1bfef 100644
--- a/src/index/fetcher.h
+++ b/src/index/fetcher.h
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 #ifndef _FETCHER_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _FETCHER_H_INCLUDED_
 
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include <string>
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "rcldoc.h"
+#include "pathut.h"
 
 class RclConfig;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
         enum RawDocKind {RDK_FILENAME, RDK_DATA, RDK_DATADIRECT};
         RawDocKind kind;
         std::string data; // Doc data or file name
-        struct stat st; // Only used if RDK_FILENAME
+        struct PathStat st; // Only used if RDK_FILENAME
     };
 
     /** 
diff --git a/src/index/fsfetcher.cpp b/src/index/fsfetcher.cpp
index 667d1780..e9d6cd6e 100644
--- a/src/index/fsfetcher.cpp
+++ b/src/index/fsfetcher.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "autoconfig.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "cstr.h"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@
 using std::string;
 
 static DocFetcher::Reason urltopath(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc,
-                                    string& fn, struct stat& st)
+                                    string& fn, struct PathStat& st)
 {
     // The url has to be like file://
     fn = fileurltolocalpath(idoc.url);
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ bool FSDocFetcher::fetch(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc, RawDoc& out)
 bool FSDocFetcher::makesig(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc, string& sig)
 {
     string fn;
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     if (urltopath(cnf, idoc, fn, st) != DocFetcher::FetchOk)
         return false;
     FsIndexer::makesig(&st, sig);
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ bool FSDocFetcher::makesig(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc, string& sig)
 DocFetcher::Reason FSDocFetcher::testAccess(RclConfig* cnf, const Rcl::Doc& idoc)
 {
     string fn;
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     DocFetcher::Reason reason = urltopath(cnf, idoc, fn, st);
     if (reason != DocFetcher::FetchOk) {
         return reason;
diff --git a/src/index/fsindexer.cpp b/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
index a1f23f80..526e07ea 100644
--- a/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
+++ b/src/index/fsindexer.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <cstring>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <list>
@@ -69,14 +68,14 @@ extern void *FsIndexerDbUpdWorker(void*);
 class InternfileTask {
 public:
     // Take some care to avoid sharing string data (if string impl is cow)
-    InternfileTask(const std::string &f, const struct stat *i_stp,
+    InternfileTask(const std::string &f, const struct PathStat *i_stp,
                    map<string,string> lfields)
         : fn(f.begin(), f.end()), statbuf(*i_stp)
         {
             map_ss_cp_noshr(lfields, &localfields);
         }
     string fn;
-    struct stat statbuf;
+    struct PathStat statbuf;
     map<string,string> localfields;
 };
 extern void *FsIndexerInternfileWorker(void*);
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@ bool FsIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& files, int flags)
             continue;
         }
 
-        struct stat stb;
+        struct PathStat stb;
         int ststat = path_fileprops(*it, &stb, follow);
         if (ststat != 0) {
             LOGERR("FsIndexer::indexFiles: (l)stat " << *it << ": " <<
@@ -378,7 +377,8 @@ bool FsIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& files, int flags)
             continue;
         }
         if (!(flags & ConfIndexer::IxFIgnoreSkip) &&
-            (S_ISREG(stb.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(stb.st_mode))) {
+            (stb.pst_type == PathStat::PST_REGULAR ||
+             stb.pst_type == PathStat::PST_SYMLINK)) {
             if (!walker.inOnlyNames(path_getsimple(*it))) {
                 it++;
                 continue;
@@ -499,10 +499,10 @@ void FsIndexer::setlocalfields(const map<string, string>& fields, Rcl::Doc& doc)
     }
 }
 
-void FsIndexer::makesig(const struct stat *stp, string& out)
+void FsIndexer::makesig(const struct PathStat *stp, string& out)
 {
-    out = lltodecstr(stp->st_size) + 
-        lltodecstr(o_uptodate_test_use_mtime ? stp->st_mtime : stp->st_ctime);
+    out = lltodecstr(stp->pst_size) + 
+        lltodecstr(o_uptodate_test_use_mtime ? stp->pst_mtime : stp->pst_ctime);
 }
 
 #ifdef IDX_THREADS
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ void *FsIndexerInternfileWorker(void * fsp)
 /// the actual indexing work. The Rcl::Doc created by internfile()
 /// mostly contains pretty raw utf8 data.
 FsTreeWalker::Status 
-FsIndexer::processone(const std::string &fn, const struct stat *stp, 
+FsIndexer::processone(const std::string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp, 
                       FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg)
 {
     if (m_updater) {
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ bool FsIndexer::launchAddOrUpdate(const string& udi, const string& parent_udi,
 
 FsTreeWalker::Status 
 FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config, 
-                          const std::string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
+                          const std::string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp,
                           const map<string, string>& localfields)
 {
     ////////////////////
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config,
     // miss the data update. We would have to store both the mtime and
     // the ctime to avoid this
     bool xattronly = m_detectxattronly && !m_db->inFullReset() && 
-        existingDoc && needupdate && (stp->st_mtime < stp->st_ctime);
+        existingDoc && needupdate && (stp->pst_mtime < stp->pst_ctime);
 
     LOGDEB("processone: needupdate " << needupdate << " noretry " <<
            m_noretryfailed << " existing " << existingDoc << " oldsig [" <<
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config,
     }
 
     LOGDEB0("processone: processing: [" <<
-            displayableBytes(stp->st_size) << "] " << fn << "\n");
+            displayableBytes(stp->pst_size) << "] " << fn << "\n");
 
     // Note that we used to do the full path here, but I ended up
     // believing that it made more sense to use only the file name
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config,
 
     Rcl::Doc doc;
     char ascdate[30];
-    sprintf(ascdate, "%ld", long(stp->st_mtime));
+    sprintf(ascdate, "%ld", long(stp->pst_mtime));
 
     bool hadNullIpath = false;
     string mimetype;
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config,
             // Set container file name for all docs, top or subdoc
             doc.meta[Rcl::Doc::keytcfn] = utf8fn;
 
-            doc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->st_size);
+            doc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->pst_size);
             // Document signature for up to date checks. All subdocs inherit the
             // file's.
             doc.sig = sig;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ FsIndexer::processonefile(RclConfig *config,
             fileDoc.url = path_pathtofileurl(fn);
             if (m_havelocalfields) 
                 setlocalfields(localfields, fileDoc);
-            fileDoc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->st_size);
+            fileDoc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->pst_size);
         }
 
         fileDoc.sig = sig;
diff --git a/src/index/fsindexer.h b/src/index/fsindexer.h
index 6f42da86..a237ea18 100644
--- a/src/index/fsindexer.h
+++ b/src/index/fsindexer.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 class DbIxStatusUpdater;
 class FIMissingStore;
-struct stat;
+struct PathStat;
 
 class DbUpdTask;
 class InternfileTask;
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ public:
 
     /**  Tree walker callback method */
     FsTreeWalker::Status 
-    processone(const string &fn, const struct stat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
+    processone(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
 
     /** Make signature for file up to date checks */
-    static void makesig(const struct stat *stp, string& out);
+    static void makesig(const struct PathStat *stp, string& out);
 
     
 private:
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ private:
     string getDbDir() {return m_config->getDbDir();}
     FsTreeWalker::Status 
     processonefile(RclConfig *config, const string &fn, 
-                   const struct stat *, const map<string,string>& localfields);
+                   const struct PathStat *,
+                   const map<string,string>& localfields);
 };
 
 #endif /* _fsindexer_h_included_ */
diff --git a/src/index/indexer.cpp b/src/index/indexer.cpp
index ffa210d8..26f6b900 100644
--- a/src/index/indexer.cpp
+++ b/src/index/indexer.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "pathut.h"
 #include "idxstatus.h"
 #include "execmd.h"
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 
 #ifdef RCL_USE_ASPELL
 #include "rclaspell.h"
@@ -86,9 +85,9 @@ bool runWebFilesMoverScript(RclConfig *config)
     /* Arrange to not actually run the script if the directory did not change */
     static time_t dirmtime;
     time_t ndirmtime = 0;
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     if (path_fileprops(downloadsdir.c_str(), &st) == 0) {
-        ndirmtime = st.st_mtime;
+        ndirmtime = st.pst_mtime;
     }
     /* If stat fails, presumably Downloads does not exist or is not
        accessible, dirmtime and mdirmtime stay at 0, and we never
diff --git a/src/index/mimetype.cpp b/src/index/mimetype.cpp
index 57b62f7a..321303c6 100644
--- a/src/index/mimetype.cpp
+++ b/src/index/mimetype.cpp
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
  * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  */
 
-#ifndef TEST_MIMETYPE
 #include "autoconfig.h"
 
-#include "safesysstat.h"
-
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <list>
@@ -139,7 +136,7 @@ static string mimetypefromdata(RclConfig *cfg, const string &fn, bool usfc)
 
 /// Guess mime type, first from suffix, then from file data. We also
 /// have a list of suffixes that we don't touch at all.
-string mimetype(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
+string mimetype(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp,
 		RclConfig *cfg, bool usfc)
 {
     // Use stat data if available to check for non regular files
@@ -149,14 +146,14 @@ string mimetype(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
 	// comes from bsd. Thos may surprise a user trying to use a
 	// 'mime:' filter with the query language, but it's not work
 	// changing (would force a reindex).
-	if (S_ISDIR(stp->st_mode))
+	if (stp->pst_type == PathStat::PST_DIR)
 	    return "inode/directory";
-	if (S_ISLNK(stp->st_mode))
+	if (stp->pst_type == PathStat::PST_SYMLINK)
 	    return "inode/symlink";
-	if (!S_ISREG(stp->st_mode))
+	if (stp->pst_type != PathStat::PST_REGULAR)
 	    return "inode/x-fsspecial";
 	// Empty files are just this: avoid further errors with actual filters.
-	if (stp->st_size == 0) 
+	if (stp->pst_size == 0) 
 	    return "inode/x-empty";
     }
 
@@ -203,49 +200,3 @@ string mimetype(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
 
     return mtype;
 }
-
-
-#else // TEST->
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include "log.h"
-
-#include "rclconfig.h"
-#include "rclinit.h"
-#include "mimetype.h"
-
-using namespace std;
-int main(int argc, const char **argv)
-{
-    string reason;
-    RclConfig *config = recollinit(0, 0, 0, reason);
-
-    if (config == 0 || !config->ok()) {
-	string str = "Configuration problem: ";
-	str += reason;
-	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", str.c_str());
-	exit(1);
-    }
-
-    while (--argc > 0) {
-	string filename = *++argv;
-	struct stat st;
-	if (lstat(filename.c_str(), &st)) {
-	    fprintf(stderr, "Can't stat %s\n", filename.c_str());
-	    continue;
-	}
-	cout << filename << " -> " << 
-	    mimetype(filename, &st, config, true) << endl;
-
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-#endif // TEST
-
diff --git a/src/index/mimetype.h b/src/index/mimetype.h
index e657e878..419c95fd 100644
--- a/src/index/mimetype.h
+++ b/src/index/mimetype.h
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 #ifndef _MIMETYPE_H_INCLUDED_
 #define _MIMETYPE_H_INCLUDED_
 
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include <string>
 
 class RclConfig;
+struct PathStat;
 
 /**
  * Try to determine a mime type for file. 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RclConfig;
  * @param cfg recoll config
  * @param usfc Use system's 'file' command as last resort (or not)
  */
-std::string mimetype(const std::string &filename, const struct stat *stp,
+std::string mimetype(const std::string &filename, const struct PathStat *stp,
                      RclConfig *cfg, bool usfc);
 
 
diff --git a/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp b/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
index ac6bad5d..2882c703 100644
--- a/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
+++ b/src/index/rclmonrcv.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstring>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include "safeunistd.h"
 
 #include "log.h"
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~WalkCB() {}
 
     virtual FsTreeWalker::Status 
-    processone(const string &fn, const struct stat *st, 
+    processone(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *st, 
                FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) {
         MONDEB("rclMonRcvRun: processone " << fn <<  " m_mon " << m_mon <<
                " m_mon->ok " << (m_mon ? m_mon->ok() : false) << std::endl);
@@ -182,12 +181,7 @@ void *rclMonRcvRun(void *q)
         }
         // We have to special-case regular files which are part of the topdirs
         // list because we the tree walker only adds watches for directories
-        struct stat st;
-        if (path_fileprops(*it, &st, follow) != 0) {
-            LOGERR("rclMonRcvRun: stat failed for "  << *it << "\n");
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        if (path_isdir(*it, follow)) {
             LOGDEB("rclMonRcvRun: walking "  << *it << "\n");
             if (walker.walk(*it, walkcb) != FsTreeWalker::FtwOk) {
                 LOGERR("rclMonRcvRun: tree walk failed\n");
diff --git a/src/index/recollindex.cpp b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
index b54bcc9e..0ecd1d44 100644
--- a/src/index/recollindex.cpp
+++ b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #else
 #include <direct.h>
 #endif
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include "safefcntl.h"
 #include "safeunistd.h"
 
@@ -264,8 +263,8 @@ public:
     {
     }
     virtual FsTreeWalker::Status 
-    processone(const string& fn, const struct stat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) 
-    {
+    processone(const string& fn, const struct PathStat *,
+               FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) {
         if (flg== FsTreeWalker::FtwDirEnter || flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular){
             if (m_pats.empty()) {
                 cerr << "Selecting " << fn << endl;
diff --git a/src/index/webqueue.cpp b/src/index/webqueue.cpp
index 0bf4495b..808326f4 100644
--- a/src/index/webqueue.cpp
+++ b/src/index/webqueue.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include "safeunistd.h"
 
 #include "cstr.h"
@@ -322,13 +321,13 @@ bool WebQueueIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& files)
         LOGERR("WebQueueIndexer::indexfiles no db??\n");
         return false;
     }
-    for (list<string>::iterator it = files.begin(); it != files.end();) {
+    for (auto it = files.begin(); it != files.end();) {
         if (it->empty()) {//??
             it++; continue;
         }
         string father = path_getfather(*it);
         if (father.compare(m_queuedir)) {
-            LOGDEB("WebQueueIndexer::indexfiles: skipping [" << *it << "] (nq)\n");
+            LOGDEB("WebQueueIndexer::indexfiles: skipping ["<<*it << "] (nq)\n");
             it++; continue;
         }
         // Pb: we are often called with the dot file, before the
@@ -342,12 +341,12 @@ bool WebQueueIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& files)
         if (fn.empty() || fn.at(0) == '.') {
             it++; continue;
         }
-        struct stat st;
+        struct PathStat st;
         if (path_fileprops(*it, &st) != 0) {
             LOGERR("WebQueueIndexer::indexfiles: cant stat [" << *it << "]\n");
             it++; continue;
         }
-        if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        if (st.pst_type != PathStat::PST_REGULAR) {
             LOGDEB("WebQueueIndexer::indexfiles: skipping [" << *it <<
                    "] (nr)\n");
             it++; continue;
@@ -364,14 +363,15 @@ bool WebQueueIndexer::indexFiles(list<string>& files)
 
 FsTreeWalker::Status 
 WebQueueIndexer::processone(const string &path,
-                            const struct stat *stp,
+                            const struct PathStat *stp,
                             FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg)
 {
     if (!m_db) //??
         return FsTreeWalker::FtwError;
 
     bool dounlink = false;
-
+    string ascdate;
+    
     if (flg != FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular) 
         return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
 
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ WebQueueIndexer::processone(const string &path,
     make_udi(udipath, cstr_null, udi);
 
     LOGDEB("WebQueueIndexer: prc1: udi [" << udi << "]\n");
-    char ascdate[30];
-    sprintf(ascdate, "%ld", long(stp->st_mtime));
+    ascdate = lltodecstr(stp->pst_mtime);
 
     if (!stringlowercmp("bookmark", dotdoc.meta[Rcl::Doc::keybght])) {
         // For bookmarks, we just index the doc that was built from the
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ WebQueueIndexer::processone(const string &path,
         if (dotdoc.fmtime.empty())
             dotdoc.fmtime = ascdate;
 
-        dotdoc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->st_size);
+        dotdoc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->pst_size);
 
         // Document signature for up to date checks: none. 
         dotdoc.sig.clear();
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ WebQueueIndexer::processone(const string &path,
             doc.fmtime = ascdate;
         dotdoc.fmtime = doc.fmtime;
 
-        doc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->st_size);
+        doc.pcbytes = lltodecstr(stp->pst_size);
         // Document signature for up to date checks: none. 
         doc.sig.clear();
         doc.url = dotdoc.url;
diff --git a/src/index/webqueue.h b/src/index/webqueue.h
index 2ac0a347..56573085 100644
--- a/src/index/webqueue.h
+++ b/src/index/webqueue.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 
     /** Called when we fstreewalk the queue dir */
     FsTreeWalker::Status 
-    processone(const string &, const struct stat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
+    processone(const std::string &, const struct PathStat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
 
     /** Index a list of files. No db cleaning or stemdb updating. 
      *  Used by the real time monitor */
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ public:
 
     /** Called when indexing data from the cache, and from internfile for
      * search result preview */
-    bool getFromCache(const string& udi, Rcl::Doc &doc, string& data,
-                      string *hittype = 0);
+    bool getFromCache(const std::string& udi, Rcl::Doc &doc, std::string& data,
+                      std::string *hittype = 0);
 private:
     RclConfig *m_config;
     Rcl::Db   *m_db;
     WebStore  *m_cache;
-    string     m_queuedir;
+    std::string     m_queuedir;
     DbIxStatusUpdater *m_updater;
     bool       m_nocacheindex;
 
-    bool indexFromCache(const string& udi);
-    void updstatus(const string& udi);
+    bool indexFromCache(const std::string& udi);
+    void updstatus(const std::string& udi);
 };
 
 #endif /* _webqueue_h_included_ */
diff --git a/src/internfile/internfile.cpp b/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
index df7442be..03ff75e4 100644
--- a/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/internfile.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "safefcntl.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include "safeunistd.h"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ bool FileInterner::ipathContains(const string& parent, const string& child)
 // Empty handler on return says that we're in error, this will be
 // processed by the first call to internfile().
 // Split into "constructor calls init()" to allow use from other constructor
-FileInterner::FileInterner(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
+FileInterner::FileInterner(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp,
                            RclConfig *cnf, int flags, const string *imime)
 {
     LOGDEB0("FileInterner::FileInterner(fn=" << fn << ")\n");
@@ -137,8 +136,8 @@ FileInterner::FileInterner(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp,
 // used to not be the case, and was changed because this was the
 // simplest way to solve the retry issues (simpler than changing the
 // caller in e.g. fsindexer).
-void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct stat *stp, RclConfig *cnf,
-                        int flags, const string *imime)
+void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct PathStat *stp,
+                        RclConfig *cnf, int flags, const string *imime)
 {
     if (f.empty()) {
         LOGERR("FileInterner::init: empty file name!\n");
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct stat *stp, RclConfig *cnf,
             l_mime = *imime;
     }
 
-    int64_t docsize = stp->st_size;
+    int64_t docsize = stp->pst_size;
 
     if (!l_mime.empty()) {
         // Has mime: check for a compressed file. If so, create a
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct stat *stp, RclConfig *cnf,
             // Check for compressed size limit
             int maxkbs = -1;
             if (!m_cfg->getConfParam("compressedfilemaxkbs", &maxkbs) ||
-                maxkbs < 0 || !stp || int(stp->st_size / 1024) < maxkbs) {
+                maxkbs < 0 || !stp || int(stp->pst_size / 1024) < maxkbs) {
                 if (!m_uncomp->uncompressfile(m_fn, ucmd, m_tfile)) {
                     m_ok = true;
                     return;
@@ -204,14 +203,14 @@ void FileInterner::init(const string &f, const struct stat *stp, RclConfig *cnf,
                 LOGDEB1("FileInterner:: after ucomp: tfile " << m_tfile <<"\n");
                 m_fn = m_tfile;
                 // Stat the uncompressed file, mainly to get the size
-                struct stat ucstat;
+                struct PathStat ucstat;
                 if (path_fileprops(m_fn, &ucstat) != 0) {
                     LOGERR("FileInterner: can't stat the uncompressed file[" <<
                            m_fn << "] errno " << errno << "\n");
                     m_ok = true;
                     return;
                 } else {
-                    docsize = ucstat.st_size;
+                    docsize = ucstat.pst_size;
                 }
                 l_mime = mimetype(m_fn, &ucstat, m_cfg, usfci);
                 if (l_mime.empty() && imime)
@@ -1096,7 +1095,7 @@ bool FileInterner::interntofile(TempFile& otemp, const string& tofile,
 bool FileInterner::isCompressed(const string& fn, RclConfig *cnf)
 {
     LOGDEB("FileInterner::isCompressed: [" << fn << "]\n");
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     if (path_fileprops(fn, &st) < 0) {
         LOGERR("FileInterner::isCompressed: can't stat [" << fn << "]\n");
         return false;
@@ -1120,7 +1119,7 @@ bool FileInterner::maybeUncompressToTemp(TempFile& temp, const string& fn,
                                          RclConfig *cnf, const Rcl::Doc& doc)
 {
     LOGDEB("FileInterner::maybeUncompressToTemp: [" << fn << "]\n");
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     if (path_fileprops(fn.c_str(), &st) < 0) {
         LOGERR("FileInterner::maybeUncompressToTemp: can't stat [" <<fn<<"]\n");
         return false;
@@ -1139,7 +1138,7 @@ bool FileInterner::maybeUncompressToTemp(TempFile& temp, const string& fn,
     // Check for compressed size limit
     int maxkbs = -1;
     if (cnf->getConfParam("compressedfilemaxkbs", &maxkbs) &&
-        maxkbs >= 0 && int(st.st_size / 1024) > maxkbs) {
+        maxkbs >= 0 && int(st.pst_size / 1024) > maxkbs) {
         LOGINFO("FileInterner:: " << fn << " over size limit " << maxkbs <<
                 " kbs\n");
         return false;
diff --git a/src/internfile/internfile.h b/src/internfile/internfile.h
index 21543125..4f494692 100644
--- a/src/internfile/internfile.h
+++ b/src/internfile/internfile.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Doc;
 }
 
 class Uncomp;
-struct stat;
+struct PathStat;
 
 /** Storage for missing helper program info. We want to keep this out of the 
  * FileInterner class, because the data will typically be accumulated by several
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public:
      * @param mtype mime type if known. For a compressed file this is the 
      *   mime type for the uncompressed version.
      */
-    FileInterner(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp, 
+    FileInterner(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp, 
                  RclConfig *cnf, int flags, const string *mtype = 0);
     
     /** 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ private:
     bool                   m_direct; // External app did the extraction
     
     // Pseudo-constructors
-    void init(const string &fn, const struct stat *stp, 
+    void init(const string &fn, const struct PathStat *stp, 
               RclConfig *cnf, int flags, const string *mtype = 0);
     void init(const string &data, RclConfig *cnf, int flags, 
               const string& mtype);
diff --git a/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.qm b/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.qm
index e225f5ad..16f2a315 100644
Binary files a/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.qm and b/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.qm differ
diff --git a/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.ts b/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.ts
index 9fb07e60..277878b7 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.ts
+++ b/src/qtgui/i18n/recoll_ko.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>Index flush megabytes interval</source>
-        <translation>&lt;p&gt; 이것은 기본적으로 모든 분음 부호를 제거하고 정식 분해를 수행하는 unac 메커니즘에 대한 예외를 설정합니다. 언어에 따라 일부 문자의 강조를 무시, 추가, 분해를 지정할 수 있습니다(예 : 합자의 경우. 공백으로 구분된 각 항목에서 첫 번째 문자는 원본이고 나머지는 번역입니다).</translation>
+        <translation>색인 정비 간격(MB)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>This value adjust the amount of data which is indexed between flushes to disk.&lt;br&gt;This helps control the indexer memory usage. Default 10MB </source>
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ Do you want to start the  preferences dialog ?</source>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>Query in progress.&lt;br&gt;Due to limitations of the indexing library,&lt;br&gt;cancelling will exit the program</source>
-        <translation>검색어 요청이 진행중입니다.&lt;br&gt; 색인 작업 보관용량의 제한으로 인해&lt;br&gt; 프로그램은 취소되고 종료될 것입니다.</translation>
+        <translation>검색어 요청이 진행중입니다.&lt;br&gt;취소되면 색인 작업 보관용량의 제한 때문에&lt;br&gt;프로그램이 종료될 것입니다.</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>Error</source>
@@ -2407,7 +2407,7 @@ Use &lt;b&gt;Show Query&lt;/b&gt; link when in doubt about result and see manual
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>terms may be missing. Try using a longer root.</source>
-        <translation>용어가 아마 누락된 것 같습니다. 더 긴 root를 사용하여 시도하십시오.</translation>
+        <translation>용어가 아마 누락된 것 같습니다. 더 긴 어근을 사용하여 시도하십시오.</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>Show index statistics</source>
@@ -2864,8 +2864,7 @@ This will help searching very big text  files (ie: log files).</source>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>Index flush megabytes interval</source>
-        <translatorcomment>격증:flush</translatorcomment>
-        <translation type="vanished">&lt;p&gt; 이것은 기본적으로 모든 분음 부호를 제거하고 정식 분해를 수행하는 unac 메커니즘에 대한 예외를 설정합니다. 언어에 따라 일부 문자의 강조를 무시, 추가, 분해를 지정할 수 있습니다(예 : 합자의 경우. 공백으로 구분된 각 항목에서 첫 번째 문자는 원본이고 나머지는 번역입니다).</translation>
+        <translation type="vanished">색인 정비 간격(MB)</translation>
     </message>
     <message>
         <source>This value adjust the amount of data which is indexed between flushes to disk.&lt;br&gt;This helps control the indexer memory usage. Default 10MB </source>
diff --git a/src/testmains/Makefile.am b/src/testmains/Makefile.am
index f13f6a53..0c22e234 100644
--- a/src/testmains/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/testmains/Makefile.am
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -Wall -Wno-unused -std=c++11 \
     $(DEFS)
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = textsplit utf8iter fstreewalk rclconfig hldata unac mbox \
-    circache wipedir
+    circache wipedir mimetype
 
 textsplit_SOURCES = trtextsplit.cpp
 textsplit_LDADD = ../librecoll.la
 
+mimetype_SOURCES = trmimetype.cpp
+mimetype_LDADD = ../librecoll.la
+
 utf8iter_SOURCES = trutf8iter.cpp
 utf8iter_LDADD = ../librecoll.la
 
diff --git a/src/testmains/trfstreewalk.cpp b/src/testmains/trfstreewalk.cpp
index 0c749e46..0562f558 100644
--- a/src/testmains/trfstreewalk.cpp
+++ b/src/testmains/trfstreewalk.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "rclinit.h"
 #include "rclconfig.h"
+#include "pathut.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -47,25 +48,25 @@ static int     op_flags;
 class myCB : public FsTreeWalkerCB {
 public:
     FsTreeWalker::Status processone(const string &path, 
-                                    const struct stat *st,
+                                    const struct PathStat *st,
                                     FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) {
-            if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwDirEnter) {
-                if (op_flags & OPT_r) {
-                    cout << path << endl;
-                } else {
-                    if (!(op_flags&OPT_s)) {
-                        cout << "[Entering " << path << "]" << endl;
-                    }
-                }
-            } else if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwDirReturn) {
-                    if (!(op_flags&OPT_s)) {
-                        cout << "[Returning to " << path << "]" << endl;
-                    }
-            } else if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular) {
+        if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwDirEnter) {
+            if (op_flags & OPT_r) {
                 cout << path << endl;
+            } else {
+                if (!(op_flags&OPT_s)) {
+                    cout << "[Entering " << path << "]" << endl;
+                }
             }
-            return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
+        } else if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwDirReturn) {
+            if (!(op_flags&OPT_s)) {
+                cout << "[Returning to " << path << "]" << endl;
+            }
+        } else if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular) {
+            cout << path << endl;
         }
+        return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
+    }
 };
 
 static const char *thisprog;
@@ -89,22 +90,22 @@ static const char *thisprog;
 // real    17m10.585s user    0m4.532s sys     0m35.033s
 
 static char usage [] =
-"trfstreewalk [-p pattern] [-P ignpath] [-r] [-c] [-L] topdir\n"
-" -D : skip dotfiles\n"
-" -L : follow symbolic links\n"
-" -M <depth>: limit depth (works with -b/m/d)\n"
-" -P <pattern> : add skippedPaths entry\n"
-" -p <pattern> : add skippedNames entry\n"
-" -b : use breadth first walk\n"
-" -c : no path canonification\n"
-" -d : use almost depth first (dir files, then subdirs)\n"
-" -k : like du\n"
-" -m : use breadth up to 4 deep then switch to -d\n"
-" -r : norecurse\n"
-" -s : don't print dir change info\n"
-" -w : unset default FNM_PATHNAME when using fnmatch() to match skipped paths\n"
-" -y <pattern> : add onlyNames entry\n"
-;
+                    "trfstreewalk [-p pattern] [-P ignpath] [-r] [-c] [-L] topdir\n"
+                    " -D : skip dotfiles\n"
+                    " -L : follow symbolic links\n"
+                    " -M <depth>: limit depth (works with -b/m/d)\n"
+                    " -P <pattern> : add skippedPaths entry\n"
+                    " -p <pattern> : add skippedNames entry\n"
+                    " -b : use breadth first walk\n"
+                    " -c : no path canonification\n"
+                    " -d : use almost depth first (dir files, then subdirs)\n"
+                    " -k : like du\n"
+                    " -m : use breadth up to 4 deep then switch to -d\n"
+                    " -r : norecurse\n"
+                    " -s : don't print dir change info\n"
+                    " -w : unset default FNM_PATHNAME when using fnmatch() to match skipped paths\n"
+                    " -y <pattern> : add onlyNames entry\n"
+                    ;
 static void
 Usage(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/testmains/trmimetype.cpp b/src/testmains/trmimetype.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e613e542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testmains/trmimetype.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include "mimetype.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "log.h"
+#include "rclconfig.h"
+#include "rclinit.h"
+#include "pathut.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+    string reason;
+    RclConfig *config = recollinit(0, 0, 0, reason);
+
+    if (config == 0 || !config->ok()) {
+	string str = "Configuration problem: ";
+	str += reason;
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", str.c_str());
+	exit(1);
+    }
+
+    while (--argc > 0) {
+	string filename = *++argv;
+	struct PathStat st;
+	if (path_fileprops(filename, &st)) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "Can't stat %s\n", filename.c_str());
+	    continue;
+	}
+	cout << filename << " -> " << 
+	    mimetype(filename, &st, config, true) << endl;
+
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/appformime.cpp b/src/utils/appformime.cpp
index 80a2230c..14747371 100644
--- a/src/utils/appformime.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/appformime.cpp
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ public:
         {
         }
     virtual FsTreeWalker::Status 
-    processone(const string &, const struct stat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
+    processone(const string &, const struct PathStat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag);
     DesktopDb::AppMap *m_appdefs;
 };
 
-FsTreeWalker::Status FstCb::processone(const string& fn, const struct stat *, 
-                                       FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) 
+struct PathStat;
+FsTreeWalker::Status FstCb::processone(
+    const string& fn, const struct PathStat*, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) 
 {
     if (flg != FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular)
         return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
diff --git a/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp b/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
index bbd5aaa5..e3bf03f7 100644
--- a/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/fstreewalk.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
-#include "safesysstat.h"
 #include <cstring>
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -228,8 +227,7 @@ static inline int slashcount(const string& p)
     return n;
 }
 
-FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::walk(const string& _top, 
-                                        FsTreeWalkerCB& cb)
+FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::walk(const string& _top, FsTreeWalkerCB& cb)
 {
     string top = (data->options & FtwNoCanon) ? _top : path_canon(_top);
 
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::walk(const string& _top,
     }
 
     data->basedepth = slashcount(top); // Only used for breadthxx
-    struct stat st;
+    struct PathStat st;
     // We always follow symlinks at this point. Makes more sense.
     if (path_fileprops(top, &st) == -1) {
         // Note that we do not return an error if the stat call
@@ -343,19 +341,19 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::walk(const string& _top,
 // This means that we always go into the top 'walk()' parameter if it is a 
 // directory, even if norecurse is set. Bug or Feature ?
 FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top, 
-                                         struct stat *stp,
+                                         struct PathStat *stp,
                                          FsTreeWalkerCB& cb)
 {
     Status status = FtwOk;
     bool nullpush = false;
 
     // Tell user to process the top entry itself
-    if (S_ISDIR(stp->st_mode)) {
+    if (stp->pst_type == PathStat::PST_DIR) {
         if ((status = cb.processone(top, stp, FtwDirEnter)) & 
             (FtwStop|FtwError)) {
             return status;
         }
-    } else if (S_ISREG(stp->st_mode)) {
+    } else if (stp->pst_type == PathStat::PST_REGULAR) {
         return cb.processone(top, stp, FtwRegular);
     } else {
         return status;
@@ -377,7 +375,7 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top,
     // For now, we'll ignore the "other kind of cycle" part and only monitor
     // this is FtwFollow is set
     if (data->options & FtwFollow) {
-        DirId dirid(stp->st_dev, stp->st_ino);
+        DirId dirid(stp->pst_dev, stp->pst_ino);
         if (data->donedirs.find(dirid) != data->donedirs.end()) {
             LOGINFO("Not processing [" << top <<
                     "] (already seen as other path)\n");
@@ -420,7 +418,7 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top,
     struct DIRENT *ent;
     while (errno = 0, ((ent = READDIR(d)) != 0)) {
         string fn;
-        struct stat st;
+        struct PathStat st;
 #ifdef _WIN32
         string sdname;
         if (!wchartoutf8(ent->d_name, sdname)) {
@@ -468,7 +466,7 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top,
                 continue;
         }
 
-        if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+        if (st.pst_type == PathStat::PST_DIR) {
             if (!o_nowalkfn.empty() && path_exists(path_cat(fn, o_nowalkfn))) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -498,7 +496,8 @@ FsTreeWalker::Status FsTreeWalker::iwalk(const string &top,
                 if ((status = cb.processone(top, &st, FtwDirReturn)) 
                     & (FtwStop|FtwError))
                     goto out;
-        } else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
+        } else if (st.pst_type == PathStat::PST_REGULAR ||
+                   st.pst_type == PathStat::PST_SYMLINK) {
             // Filtering patterns match ?
             if (!data->onlyNames.empty()) {
                 if (!inOnlyNames(dname))
@@ -536,14 +535,14 @@ int64_t fsTreeBytes(const string& topdir)
     class bytesCB : public FsTreeWalkerCB {
     public:
         FsTreeWalker::Status processone(const string &path, 
-                                        const struct stat *st,
+                                        const struct PathStat *st,
                                         FsTreeWalker::CbFlag flg) {
             if (flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwDirEnter ||
                 flg == FsTreeWalker::FtwRegular) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-                totalbytes += st->st_size;
+                totalbytes += st->pst_size;
 #else
-                totalbytes += st->st_blocks * 512;
+                totalbytes += st->pst_blocks * 512;
 #endif
             }
             return FsTreeWalker::FtwOk;
diff --git a/src/utils/fstreewalk.h b/src/utils/fstreewalk.h
index 35fa7172..d02f7ae6 100644
--- a/src/utils/fstreewalk.h
+++ b/src/utils/fstreewalk.h
@@ -19,13 +19,10 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
-#ifndef NO_NAMESPACES
-using std::string;
-using std::vector;
-#endif
+
+struct PathStat;
 
 class FsTreeWalkerCB;
-struct stat;
 
 /**
  * Class implementing a unix directory recursive walk.
@@ -44,8 +41,7 @@ class FsTreeWalker {
     // to not use the flag, which can be set from rclconfig by adding
     // a value to the config file (skippedPathsNoFnmPathname)
     static bool o_useFnmPathname;
-    static void setNoFnmPathname()
-    {
+    static void setNoFnmPathname() {
 	o_useFnmPathname = false;
     }
 
@@ -53,8 +49,7 @@ class FsTreeWalker {
     // directories as if they were in skippedPaths) if the file exists
     // inside the directory.
     static std::string o_nowalkfn;
-    static void setNoWalkFn(const std::string& nowalkfn)
-    {
+    static void setNoWalkFn(const std::string& nowalkfn) {
         o_nowalkfn = nowalkfn;
     }
 
@@ -97,34 +92,35 @@ class FsTreeWalker {
      * @param cb the function object that will be called back for every 
      *    file-system object (called both at entry and exit for directories).
      */
-    Status walk(const string &dir, FsTreeWalkerCB& cb);
+    Status walk(const std::string &dir, FsTreeWalkerCB& cb);
     /** Get explanation for error */
-    string getReason();
+    std::string getReason();
     int getErrCnt();
 
     /**
      * Add a pattern (file or dir) to be ignored (ie: #* , *~)
      */
-    bool addSkippedName(const string &pattern); 
+    bool addSkippedName(const std::string &pattern); 
     /** Set the ignored patterns set */
-    bool setSkippedNames(const vector<string> &patterns);
+    bool setSkippedNames(const std::vector<std::string> &patterns);
     /** Set the exclusive patterns set */
-    bool setOnlyNames(const vector<string> &patterns);
+    bool setOnlyNames(const std::vector<std::string> &patterns);
 
     /** Same for skipped paths: this are paths, not names, under which we
 	do not descend (ie: /home/me/.recoll) */
-    bool addSkippedPath(const string &path); 
+    bool addSkippedPath(const std::string &path); 
     /** Set the ignored paths list */
-    bool setSkippedPaths(const vector<string> &patterns);
+    bool setSkippedPaths(const std::vector<std::string> &patterns);
 
     /** Test if path/name should be skipped. This can be used independently of
       * an actual tree walk */
-    bool inSkippedPaths(const string& path, bool ckparents = false);
-    bool inSkippedNames(const string& name);
-    bool inOnlyNames(const string& name);
+    bool inSkippedPaths(const std::string& path, bool ckparents = false);
+    bool inSkippedNames(const std::string& name);
+    bool inOnlyNames(const std::string& name);
 
  private:
-    Status iwalk(const string &dir, struct stat *stp, FsTreeWalkerCB& cb);
+    Status iwalk(const std::string &dir, struct PathStat *stp,
+                 FsTreeWalkerCB& cb);
     class Internal; 
    Internal *data;
 };
@@ -134,11 +130,11 @@ class FsTreeWalkerCB {
     virtual ~FsTreeWalkerCB() {}
     // Only st_mtime, st_ctime, st_size, st_mode (filetype bits: dir/reg/lnk),
     virtual FsTreeWalker::Status 
-	processone(const string &, const struct stat *, FsTreeWalker::CbFlag) 
-	= 0;
+    processone(const std::string&, const struct PathStat *,
+               FsTreeWalker::CbFlag) = 0;
 };
 
 // Utility function. Somewhat like du.
-int64_t fsTreeBytes(const string& topdir);
+int64_t fsTreeBytes(const std::string& topdir);
 
 #endif /* _FSTREEWALK_H_INCLUDED_ */
diff --git a/src/utils/pathut.cpp b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
index f52bdd98..4e21e6e7 100644
--- a/src/utils/pathut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.cpp
@@ -684,11 +684,12 @@ bool path_makepath(const string& ipath, int mode)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool path_isdir(const string& path)
+bool path_isdir(const string& path, bool follow)
 {
     struct STATBUF st;
     SYSPATH(path, syspath);
-    if (LSTAT(syspath, &st) < 0) {
+    int ret = follow ? STAT(syspath, &st) : LSTAT(syspath, &st);
+    if (ret < 0) {
         return false;
     }
     if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
@@ -697,6 +698,20 @@ bool path_isdir(const string& path)
     return false;
 }
 
+bool path_isfile(const string& path, bool follow)
+{
+    struct STATBUF st;
+    SYSPATH(path, syspath);
+    int ret = follow ? STAT(syspath, &st) : LSTAT(syspath, &st);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 long long path_filesize(const string& path)
 {
     struct STATBUF st;
@@ -707,30 +722,36 @@ long long path_filesize(const string& path)
     return (long long)st.st_size;
 }
 
-int path_fileprops(const std::string path, struct stat *stp, bool follow)
+int path_fileprops(const std::string path, struct PathStat *stp, bool follow)
 {
-    if (!stp) {
+    if (nullptr == stp) {
         return -1;
     }
-    memset(stp, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
+    memset(stp, 0, sizeof(struct PathStat));
     struct STATBUF mst;
     SYSPATH(path, syspath);
     int ret = follow ? STAT(syspath, &mst) : LSTAT(syspath, &mst);
     if (ret != 0) {
         return ret;
     }
-    stp->st_size = mst.st_size;
-    stp->st_mode = mst.st_mode;
-    stp->st_mtime = mst.st_mtime;
+    stp->pst_size = mst.st_size;
+    stp->pst_mode = mst.st_mode;
+    stp->pst_mtime = mst.st_mtime;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    stp->st_ctime = mst.st_mtime;
+    stp->pst_ctime = mst.st_mtime;
 #else
-    stp->st_ino = mst.st_ino;
-    stp->st_dev = mst.st_dev;
-    stp->st_ctime = mst.st_ctime;
-    stp->st_blocks = mst.st_blocks;
-    stp->st_blksize = mst.st_blksize;
+    stp->pst_ino = mst.st_ino;
+    stp->pst_dev = mst.st_dev;
+    stp->pst_ctime = mst.st_ctime;
+    stp->pst_blocks = mst.st_blocks;
+    stp->pst_blksize = mst.st_blksize;
 #endif
+    switch (mst.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
+    case S_IFDIR: stp->pst_type = PathStat::PST_DIR;break;
+    case S_IFLNK:  stp->pst_type = PathStat::PST_SYMLINK;break;
+    case S_IFREG: stp->pst_type = PathStat::PST_REGULAR;break;
+    default: stp->pst_type = PathStat::PST_OTHER;break;
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/pathut.h b/src/utils/pathut.h
index eccaef43..91b48e40 100644
--- a/src/utils/pathut.h
+++ b/src/utils/pathut.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <set>
+#include <cstdint>
 
 // Must be called in main thread before starting other threads
 extern void pathut_init_mt();
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ extern std::string url_parentfolder(const std::string& url);
 extern std::string url_gpath(const std::string& url);
 
 /// Stat parameter and check if it's a directory
-extern bool path_isdir(const std::string& path);
+extern bool path_isdir(const std::string& path, bool follow = false);
+/// Stat parameter and check if it's a regular file
+extern bool path_isfile(const std::string& path, bool follow = false);
 
 /// Retrieve file size
 extern long long path_filesize(const std::string& path);
@@ -79,8 +82,19 @@ extern long long path_filesize(const std::string& path);
 /// all systems. st_dev and st_ino are set for special posix usage.
 /// The rest is zeroed.
 /// @ret 0 for success
-struct stat;
-extern int path_fileprops(const std::string path, struct stat *stp,
+struct PathStat {
+    enum PstType {PST_REGULAR, PST_SYMLINK, PST_DIR, PST_OTHER};
+    PstType pst_type;
+    int64_t pst_size;
+    uint64_t pst_mode;
+    int64_t pst_mtime;
+    int64_t pst_ctime;
+    uint64_t pst_ino;
+    uint64_t pst_dev;
+    uint64_t pst_blocks;
+    uint64_t pst_blksize;
+};
+extern int path_fileprops(const std::string path, struct PathStat *stp,
                           bool follow = true);
 
 /// Check that path is traversable and last element exists
@@ -150,9 +164,6 @@ public:
 /// Convert \ separators to /
 void path_slashize(std::string& s);
 void path_backslashize(std::string& s);
-#include "safeunistd.h"
-#else
-#include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
 /// Lock/pid file class. This is quite close to the pidfile_xxx