1 /* return a string describing the type of a file
2 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Extracted from diffutils/src/diff.c. */
20 #include "file-type.h"
24 # define _(text) gettext (text)
30 file_type (struct stat const *st)
32 /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 for these formats.
34 To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string
35 must start with a consonant. */
37 if (S_ISREG (st->st_mode))
38 return st->st_size == 0 ? _("regular empty file") : _("regular file");
40 if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode))
41 return _("directory");
43 if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode))
44 return _("block special file");
46 if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode))
47 return _("character special file");
49 if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode))
52 if (S_ISLNK (st->st_mode))
53 return _("symbolic link");
55 if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode))
59 return _("message queue");
62 return _("semaphore");
65 return _("shared memory object");
68 return _("typed memory object");
70 return _("weird file");