diff --git a/src/filetype.rs b/src/filetype.rs
index efaedbe..4ee98e4 100644
--- a/src/filetype.rs
+++ b/src/filetype.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use std::fs::Metadata;
 /// this simplified enum that works for many appalications.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum SimpleType {
+    /// Entry is of unknown type
+    Unknown,
     /// Entry is a symlink
     Symlink,
     /// Entry is a directory
diff --git a/src/metadata.rs b/src/metadata.rs
index de7cc22..7b5efb5 100644
--- a/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/metadata.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fs::Permissions;
 use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
 use libc;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use crate::SimpleType;
 
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ pub struct Metadata {
 impl Metadata {
     /// Returns simplified type of the directory entry
     pub fn simple_type(&self) -> SimpleType {
-        let typ = self.stat.st_mode & libc::S_IFMT;
-        match typ {
+        match self.file_type().unwrap_or(0) as libc::mode_t {
             libc::S_IFREG => SimpleType::File,
             libc::S_IFDIR => SimpleType::Dir,
             libc::S_IFLNK => SimpleType::Symlink,
+            0 => SimpleType::Unknown,
             _ => SimpleType::Other,
         }
     }
@@ -45,12 +46,112 @@ impl Metadata {
     pub fn len(&self) -> u64 {
         self.stat.st_size as u64
     }
+    /// Return low level file type, if available
+    pub fn file_type(&self) -> Option<libc::mode_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_mode & libc::S_IFMT)
+    }
+    /// Return device node, if available
+    pub fn ino(&self) -> Option<libc::ino_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_ino)
+    }
+    /// Return device node major of the file, if available
+    pub fn dev_major(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        Some(major(self.stat.st_dev))
+    }
+    /// Return device node minor of the file, if available
+    pub fn dev_minor(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        Some(minor(self.stat.st_dev))
+    }
+    /// Return device node major of an device descriptor, if available
+    pub fn rdev_major(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        match self.file_type()? as libc::mode_t {
+            libc::S_IFBLK | libc::S_IFCHR => Some(major(self.stat.st_rdev)),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+    /// Return device node minor of an device descriptor, if available
+    pub fn rdev_minor(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        match self.file_type()? as libc::mode_t {
+            libc::S_IFBLK | libc::S_IFCHR => Some(minor(self.stat.st_rdev)),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+    /// Return preferered I/O Blocksize, if available
+    pub fn blksize(&self) -> Option<libc::blksize_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_blksize)
+    }
+    /// Return the number of 512 bytes blocks, if available
+    pub fn blocks(&self) -> Option<libc::blkcnt_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_blocks)
+    }
+    /// Returns file size (same as len() but Option), if available
+    pub fn size(&self) -> Option<libc::off_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_size)
+    }
+    /// Returns number of hard-links, if available
+    pub fn nlink(&self) -> Option<libc::nlink_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_nlink)
+    }
+    /// Returns user id, if available
+    pub fn uid(&self) -> Option<libc::uid_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_uid)
+    }
+    /// Returns group id, if available
+    pub fn gid(&self) -> Option<libc::gid_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_gid)
+    }
+    /// Returns mode bits, if available
+    pub fn file_mode(&self) -> Option<libc::mode_t> {
+        Some(self.stat.st_mode & 0o7777)
+    }
+    /// Returns last access time, if available
+    pub fn atime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
+        Some(unix_systemtime(self.stat.st_atime, self.stat.st_atime_nsec))
+    }
+    /// Returns creation, if available
+    pub fn btime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
+        None
+    }
+    /// Returns last status change time, if available
+    pub fn ctime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
+        Some(unix_systemtime(self.stat.st_ctime, self.stat.st_ctime_nsec))
+    }
+    /// Returns last modification time, if available
+    pub fn mtime(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
+        Some(unix_systemtime(self.stat.st_mtime, self.stat.st_mtime_nsec))
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn new(stat: libc::stat) -> Metadata {
     Metadata { stat: stat }
 }
 
+fn unix_systemtime(sec: libc::time_t, nsec: i64) -> SystemTime {
+    UNIX_EPOCH + Duration::from_secs(sec as u64) + Duration::from_nanos(nsec as u64)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+pub fn major(dev: libc::dev_t) -> u32 {
+    unsafe { libc::major(dev) }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+pub fn minor(dev: libc::dev_t) -> u32 {
+    unsafe { libc::minor(dev) }
+}
+
+// major/minor are not in rust's darwin libc (why)
+// see https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/main/bsd/sys/types.h
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+pub fn major(dev: libc::dev_t) -> u32 {
+    (dev as u32 >> 24) & 0xff
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+pub fn minor(dev: libc::dev_t) -> u32 {
+    dev as u32 & 0xffffff
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;