* implementation of FileStat
*/
-FileStat::FileStat( const std::string& path)
+FileStat::FileStat( const std::string& path, bool follow_symlinks)
: m_path( path )
, m_is_valid( false )
+, m_follow_symlinks( follow_symlinks )
{
refresh();
}// end of FileStat::FileStat()
{
struct stat file_stat[1];
- int res= ::stat( m_path.c_str(), file_stat );
+ int res;
+
+ res= (m_follow_symlinks ? ::stat : ::lstat)( m_path.c_str(), file_stat );
if (res)
{
m_is_regular_file= S_ISREG(file_stat->st_mode);
m_is_directory= S_ISDIR(file_stat->st_mode);
+ m_is_character_device= S_ISCHR(file_stat->st_mode);
+ m_is_block_device= S_ISBLK(file_stat->st_mode);
+ m_is_fifo= S_ISFIFO(file_stat->st_mode);
+ m_is_symbolic_link= S_ISLNK(file_stat->st_mode);
+ m_is_socket= S_ISSOCK(file_stat->st_mode);
// TODO: implement more!
} // end of FileStat::refresh()
+
+
/*
* funcs
*/