FileType
- class FileType
Indicates the file’s on-disk type.
On Windows systems a file will never have SYMBOLIC_LINK type;
use FileInfo and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_SYMLINK to determine
whether a file is a symlink or not. This is due to the fact that NTFS does
not have a single filesystem object type for symbolic links - it has
files that symlink to files, and directories that symlink to directories.
FileType enumeration cannot precisely represent this important distinction,
which is why all Windows symlinks will continue to be reported as
REGULAR or DIRECTORY.
Fields
- class FileType
- DIRECTORY
File handle represents a directory.
- MOUNTABLE
File is a mountable location.
- REGULAR
File handle represents a regular file.
- SHORTCUT
File is a shortcut (Windows systems).
- SPECIAL
File is a “special” file, such as a socket, fifo, block device, or character device.
- SYMBOLIC_LINK
File handle represents a symbolic link (Unix systems).
- UNKNOWN
File’s type is unknown.