code: def FromPath(cls, path, follow_symlink = True):
      
      # Note that we do not add type assertion for `path` here. The reason is that
      # many of the existing system calls (e.g. `os.listdir`) return results as
      # bytestrings in Python 2. This is fine because it also means that they also
      # accept bytestring paths as arguments in Python 2 (e.g. `os.stat`). Having
      # consistent types in both versions is certainly desired but it might be too
      # much work for too little benefit.
      precondition.AssertType(follow_symlink, bool)
  
      if follow_symlink:
        stat_obj = os.stat(path)
      else:
        stat_obj = os.lstat(path)
  
      return cls(path=path, stat_obj=stat_obj)
docs: Returns stat information about the given OS path, calling os.[l]stat.
  
      Args:
        path: A path to perform `stat` on.
        follow_symlink: True if `stat` of a symlink should be returned instead of
          a file that it points to. For non-symlinks this setting has no effect.
  
      Returns:
        Stat instance, with information about the given path.