I have the below code only a part of it is shown here
and I am checking if a the type of file.
struct stat *buf /* just to show the type buf is*/
switch (buf.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
case S_IFBLK: printf(" block device\n"); break;
case S_IFCHR: printf(" character device\n"); break;
case S_IFDIR: printf(" directory\n"); break;
case S_IFIFO: printf(" FIFO/pipe\n"); break;
case S_IFLNK: printf(" symlink\n"); break;
case S_IFREG: printf(" regular file\n"); break;
case S_IFSOCK: printf(" socket\n"); break;
default: printf(" unknown?\n"); break;
}
Edit: Problem: value of st_mode obtained when I do a
printf("\nMode: %d\n",buf.st_mode);
is 33188.
I tested my program with a regular file type and a symbolic link. In both cases the output was "regular file" i.e the symbolic link case is failing and I fail to understand why?