Re: monitoring FIFOs permissions

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

On 26. des. 2005, at 22.39, Martin Pala wrote:

> We already covered almost all basic types (stat system call - types):
>
> check file:
>  S_ISREG(m)  is it a regular file?
>
> check directory:
>  S_ISDIR(m)  directory?
>
> check device:
>  S_ISCHR(m)  character device?
>  S_ISBLK(m)  block device?
>
> check fifo (maybe?):
>  S_ISFIFO(m) FIFO (named pipe)?
>
> not implemented currently (and probably not needed):
>  S_ISLNK(m)  symbolic link? (Not in POSIX.1-1996.)
>  S_ISSOCK(m) socket? (Not in POSIX.1-1996.)
>
>
> For these reasons, i think the new 'check fifo' is better then  
> sharing the 'check file' statement.
>
> What do you think?

Good points, I yield on that and here's my +1 for adding your fifo  
patch :)

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