/* Written by Paul Eggert. */ #include "filetype.h" char const * file_type(struct stat const *st) { /* To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string must start with a consonant. */ /* Do these three first, as they're the most common. */ 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_ISLNK (st->st_mode)) return ("symbolic link"); #if 0 /* Do the |S_TYPEIS*| macros next, as they may be implemented in terms of |S_ISNAM|, and we want the more-specialized interpretation. */ 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"); /* The remaining are in alphabetical order. */ if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode)) return ("block special file"); if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode)) return ("character special file"); if (S_ISCTG (st->st_mode)) return ("contiguous data"); if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode)) return ("fifo"); if (S_ISDOOR (st->st_mode)) return ("door"); if (S_ISMPB (st->st_mode)) return ("multiplexed block special file"); if (S_ISMPC (st->st_mode)) return ("multiplexed character special file"); if (S_ISMPX (st->st_mode)) return ("multiplexed file"); if (S_ISNAM (st->st_mode)) return ("named file"); if (S_ISNWK (st->st_mode)) return ("network special file"); if (S_ISOFD (st->st_mode)) return ("migrated file with data"); if (S_ISOFL (st->st_mode)) return ("migrated file without data"); if (S_ISPORT (st->st_mode)) return ("port"); if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode)) return ("socket"); if (S_ISWHT (st->st_mode)) return ("whiteout"); #endif return ("weird file"); }