package main

import (
    "encoding/gob"
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "bytes"
    "syscall"
)

type Q struct {
    F os.FileInfo
}

func main() {
    gob.Register(&syscall.Stat_t{})
    gob.Register(&os.FileStat{})

    var network bytes.Buffer
    enc := gob.NewEncoder(&network)
    dec := gob.NewDecoder(&network)

    f,_ := os.Lstat("/")
    var q Q

    err := enc.Encode(Q{f})
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Errorf("%s\n", err)
    }

    err = dec.Decode(&q)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Errorf("%s\n", err)
    }

    fmt.Println("local filestat: ", f)
    fmt.Println("local Stat_t: ", f.(*os.FileStat).Sys.(*syscall.Stat_t))

    fmt.Println("remote: ", q.F)
    fmt.Println("remote Stat_t: ", q.F.(*os.FileStat).Sys.(*syscall.Stat_t))
}