diff --git a/src/stat/Cargo.toml b/src/stat/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "stat"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = []
+
+[lib]
+name = "uu_stat"
+path = "stat.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+getopts = "*"
+libc = "*"
+time = "*"
+users = "*"
+uucore = { path="../uucore" }
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "stat"
+path = "main.rs"