From 92255513cd065c61008b2f809d4b4fa49afe17ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 07:49:35 +0000 Subject: (file_type): New file/function. Extracted from diffutils. --- lib/file-type.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 lib/file-type.c diff --git a/lib/file-type.c b/lib/file-type.c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4d6f60f2b --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/file-type.c @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +char const * +file_type (struct stat const *st) +{ + /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 for these formats. + + To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string + must start with a consonant. */ + + if (S_ISREG (st->st_mode)) + return st->st_size == 0 ? _("regular empty file") : _("regular file"); + + if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode)) + return _("directory"); + + if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode)) + return _("block special file"); + + if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode)) + return _("character special file"); + + if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode)) + return _("fifo"); + + if (S_ISLNK (st->st_mode)) + return _("symbolic link"); + + if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode)) + return _("socket"); + + if (S_TYPEISMQ (st)) + return _("message queue"); + + if (S_TYPEISSEM (st)) + return _("semaphore"); + + if (S_TYPEISSHM (st)) + return _("shared memory object"); + + if (S_TYPEISTMO (st)) + return _("typed memory object"); + + return _("weird file"); +} -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf