-<p>The <tt>f_stat</tt> function checks the existence of a file or sub-directory. If not exist, the function returns with <tt>FR_NO_FILE</tt>. If exist, the function returns with <tt>FR_OK</tt> and the informations of the object, file size, timestamp and attribute, are stored to the file information structure. For details of the file information, refer to the <tt>FILINFO</tt> structure and <a href="readdir.html"><tt>f_readdir</tt></a> function.</p>\r
+<p>The <tt>f_stat</tt> function checks the existence of a file or sub-directory in the directory. If it is not exist, the function returns with <tt>FR_NO_FILE</tt>. If it is exist, the function returns with <tt>FR_OK</tt> and the informations about the object, size, timestamp and attribute, is stored to the file information structure. For details of the file information, refer to the <tt>FILINFO</tt> structure and <a href="readdir.html"><tt>f_readdir</tt></a> function.</p>\r
+<p>Note that the file information comes from the meta data in the directory. If the file has been opend and modified, the file will need to be synched or closed in order to obtain the latest file information.</p>\r