/* Return a string describing the type of a file.
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Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
#include
#include "file-type.h"
#include
#define _(text) gettext (text)
char const *
file_type (struct stat const *st)
{
/* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 XCU Table 4-8 lines 17093-17107 for some of
these formats.
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");
/* 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");
return _("weird file");
}