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+/* Return a string describing the type of a file.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 2001-2002, 2004-2006, 2009-2010 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "file-type.h"
+
+#include <gettext.h>
+#define _(text) gettext (text)
+
+char const *
+file_type (struct stat const *st)
+{
+ /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 XCU Table 4-8 lines 17093-17107 for some of
+ these formats.
+
+ To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string
+ must start with a consonant. */
+
+ if (S_ISREG (st->st_mode))
+ return st->st_size == 0 ? _("regular empty file") : _("regular file");
+
+ if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode))
+ return _("directory");
+
+ if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode))
+ return _("block special file");
+
+ if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode))
+ return _("character special file");
+
+ if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode))
+ return _("fifo");
+
+ if (S_ISLNK (st->st_mode))
+ return _("symbolic link");
+
+ if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode))
+ return _("socket");
+
+ if (S_TYPEISMQ (st))
+ return _("message queue");
+
+ if (S_TYPEISSEM (st))
+ return _("semaphore");
+
+ if (S_TYPEISSHM (st))
+ return _("shared memory object");
+
+ if (S_TYPEISTMO (st))
+ return _("typed memory object");
+
+ return _("weird file");
+}