Whether a given file argument is a directory or not ?

[Gordack]

Hello guys.
Happy new year !

I have a question about stat() function.

Im trying to check if a given file argument is a directory or not, using stat() function ?

I couldnt find any examples. Can u help me with this ?

I found a small example but it doesnt help me.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	struct stat buf;
	
	stat(argv[1],&buf);
	
	exit(0);

}

[Freedom Doc]

Originally Posted by Gordack

Hello guys.
Happy new year !

I have a question about stat() function.

Im trying to check if a given file argument is a directory or not, using stat() function ?

I couldnt find any examples. Can u help me with this ?

I found a small example but it doesnt help me.

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	struct stat buf;
	
	stat(argv[1],&buf);
	
	exit(0);

}

After doing your stat() call, you can do

bool is_dir = buf.st_mode & S_IFDIR;

(Assuming C++ and that you have included <sys/stat.h>)
Then is_dir is true if and only if argv[1] is a directory.