fpS_ISLNK¶

Is file a symbolic link.

Declaration¶

Source position: bunxovlh.inc line 90

function fpS_ISLNK(m: TMode) : Boolean;

Description¶

FpS_ISLNK checks the file mode m to see whether the file is a symbolic link. If so it returns True

See also¶

Name	Description
FpFStat	Retrieve file information about a file descriptor.
FpS_ISFIFO	Is file a FIFO.
FpS_ISREG	Is file a regular file.
FpS_ISCHR	Is file a character device.
FpS_ISBLK	Is file a block device.
FpS_ISDIR	Is file a directory.
FpS_ISSOCK	Is file a Unix socket.

Example¶

Program Example53;

{ Program to demonstrate the S_ISLNK function. }

Uses BaseUnix,Unix;

Var Info : Stat;

begin
  if fpLStat (paramstr(1),@info)=0 then
    begin
    if fpS_ISLNK(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a link');
    if fpS_ISREG(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a regular file');
    if fpS_ISDIR(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a directory');
    if fpS_ISCHR(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a character device file');
    if fpS_ISBLK(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a block device file');
    if fpS_ISFIFO(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a named pipe (FIFO)');
    if fpS_ISSOCK(info.st_mode) then
      Writeln ('File is a socket');
    end;
end.