Man Linux: Main Page and Category List

NAME

       atFileClassExt, atIsDerived - ASO class handling

SYNOPSIS

       #include <atfs.h>
       #include <atfstk.h>

       char*atFileClassExt (Af_key *aso);

       int  atIsDerived (Af_key *aso);

DESCRIPTION

       atFileClassExt  returns  a  short  string (one or two characters long),
       visualizing the attributed software objects (aso)  class.   This  is  a
       superset  of  the  file  class  symbols added to filenames by the ls -F
       command.

       /      Directory.

       @      Symbolic Link.

       =      Socket.

       *      Executable.

       $      Derived.

       ^      Locked.

       Some combinations are possible. In espacially the circumflex (^) may be
       combined with any other symbol, resulting in a two letter string.

       atIsDerived checks whether the denoted aso is in a derived object cache
       (return value TRUE) or not (return value FALSE).

SEE ALSO

       ls(1)