# File lib/fusefs/metadir.rb, line 221
        def statistics(path)
            pathmethod(:statistics,path) do |stats_path|
                if @subdirs.has_key?(stats_path)
                    #unlike all the other functions where this metadir applies
                    #the function to @subdirs - we need to pass it on
                    @subdirs[stats_path].statistics("/")
                else
                    @stats.to_statistics
                end
            end
        end