NAME

fp_get_path_type - Determines type of path

SYNOPSIS

#include "l/l_sys_io.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


Path_type fp_get_path_type(FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

This routines determines the path type (file, directory, ...). It also is a reasonable way to find out if a path exists at all.

RETURNS

One of { PATH_DOES_NOT_EXIST, PATH_IS_REGULAR_FILE, PATH_IS_DIRECTORY, PATH_IS_LINK, PATH_IS_PIPE, PATH_IS_SOCKET, PATH_IS_BLOCK_SPECIAL, PATH_IS_CHARACTER_SPECIAL, PATH_IS_UNCLASSIFIED, PATH_ERROR }

Possible values for a

Path_type

are as follows:

PATH_ERROR ,
PATH_DOES_NOT_EXIST ,
PATH_IS_REGULAR_FILE ,
PATH_IS_DIRECTORY ,
PATH_IS_LINK ,
PATH_IS_PIPE ,
PATH_IS_SOCKET ,
PATH_IS_CHARACTER_SPECIAL ,
PATH_IS_BLOCK_SPECIAL ,
PATH_IS_UNCLASSIFIED

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Kobus Barnard

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