Name

filetype

Synopsis

string filetype(string path)

Returns the type of file given in path. The possible types are:

Fifo

The file is a fifo pipe.

Char

The file is a text file.

Dir

path is a directory.

Block

A block reserved for use by the filesystem.

Link

The file is a symbolic link.

File

The file contains binary data.

unknown

The file’s type could not be determined.

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