Hi

How can see if a file is a link on a linux filesystem?

I'm trying to create a routine that recursively scans the filesystem with findfirst, findnext, findclose. For each file I use fstat to get info about the file.

When the program encounters a link to a directory it recurses into that directory. When the link points to the same directory as the link is in this gives an endless loop.

With the data I have from searchrec and stat, how can I determine that the current file is a link? Or do I need another function to do that?

Thanx!

Cheers,
Cor.

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Hi,

in fpc unit linux there are defined 'POSIX macros' (as said in 'man fstat') for checking filetype
what U need is 'S_ISLNK()' see units.pdf

M.N.

Cor Slot píše:

Hi Mirek Novak,

in fpc unit linux there are defined 'POSIX macros' (as said in 'man fstat') for checking filetype what U need is 'S_ISLNK()' see units.pdf

Aha... Thanx! That's what I needed... And I also needed to use LStat instead of FStat to get the correct results.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Cor.

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