isfdtype - test file type of a file descriptor
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Description
The isfdtype() function tests whether the file descriptor fd refers to a file of type fdtype. The fdtype
argument specifies one of the S_IF* constants defined in <sys/stat.h> and documented in stat(2) (e.g.,
S_IFREG).
Errors
The isfdtype() function can fail with any of the same errors as fstat(2).
History
It appeared in the draft POSIX.1g standard. It is present on OpenBSD and Tru64 UNIX (where the required
header file in both cases is just <sys/stat.h>, as shown in the POSIX.1g draft).
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
isfdtype - test file type of a file descriptor
Return Value
The isfdtype() function returns 1 if the file descriptor fd is of type fdtype and 0 if it is not. On
failure, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
See Also
fstat(2) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 isfdtype(3)
Standards
None.
Synopsis
#include<sys/stat.h>#include<sys/socket.h>intisfdtype(intfd,intfdtype);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
isfdtype():
Since glibc 2.20:
_DEFAULT_SOURCE
Before glibc 2.20:
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
Versions
Portable applications should use fstat(2) instead.
