1 /* Return a string describing the type of a file. 2 3 Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 8 any later version. 9 10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 13 GNU General Public License for more details. 14 15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ 18 19 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */ 20 21 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H 22 # include <config.h> 23 #endif 24 25 #include <sys/types.h> 26 #include <sys/stat.h> 27 #include "file-type.h" 28 29 #include <gettext.h> 30 #define _(text) gettext (text) 31 32 char const * 33 file_type (struct stat const *st) 34 { 35 /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 XCU Table 4-8 lines 17093-17107 for some of 36 these formats. 37 38 To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string 39 must start with a consonant. */ 40 41 if (S_ISREG (st->st_mode)) 42 return st->st_size == 0 ? _("regular empty file") : _("regular file"); 43 44 if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode)) 45 return _("directory"); 46 47 if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode)) 48 return _("block special file"); 49 50 if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode)) 51 return _("character special file"); 52 53 if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode)) 54 return _("fifo"); 55 56 if (S_ISLNK (st->st_mode)) 57 return _("symbolic link"); 58 59 if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode)) 60 return _("socket"); 61 62 if (S_TYPEISMQ (st)) 63 return _("message queue"); 64 65 if (S_TYPEISSEM (st)) 66 return _("semaphore"); 67 68 if (S_TYPEISSHM (st)) 69 return _("shared memory object"); 70 71 if (S_TYPEISTMO (st)) 72 return _("typed memory object"); 73 74 return _("weird file"); 75 } 76