std::filesystem::is_other - cppreference.com (original) (raw)

Defined in header
bool is_other( std::filesystem::file_status s ) noexcept; (1) (since C++17)
bool is_other( const std::filesystem::path& p ); (2) (since C++17)
bool is_other( const std::filesystem::path& p, std::error_code& ec ) noexcept; (3) (since C++17)

Checks if the given file status or path corresponds to a file of type other type. That is, the file exists, but is neither regular file, nor directory nor a symlink.

  1. Equivalent to exists(s) && !is_regular_file(s) && !is_directory(s) && !is_symlink(s).

2,3) Equivalent to is_other(status(p)) or is_other(status(p, ec)), respectively.

[edit] Parameters

s - file status to check
p - path to examine
ec - error code to store the error status to

[edit] Return value

true if the file indicated by p or if the type indicated s refers to a file that is not regular file, directory, or a symlink, false otherwise. The non-throwing overload returns false if an error occurs.

[edit] Exceptions

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

2,3) Sets a std::error_code& parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur.

[edit] Example

[edit] See also

statussymlink_status(C++17)(C++17) determines file attributesdetermines file attributes, checking the symlink target (function) [edit]
file_status(C++17) represents file type and permissions (class) [edit]
status_known(C++17) checks whether file status is known (function) [edit]
is_block_file(C++17) checks whether the given path refers to block device (function) [edit]
is_character_file(C++17) checks whether the given path refers to a character device (function) [edit]
is_directory(C++17) checks whether the given path refers to a directory (function) [edit]
is_fifo(C++17) checks whether the given path refers to a named pipe (function) [edit]
is_regular_file(C++17) checks whether the argument refers to a regular file (function) [edit]
is_socket(C++17) checks whether the argument refers to a named IPC socket (function) [edit]
is_symlink(C++17) checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link (function) [edit]
exists(C++17) checks whether path refers to existing file system object (function) [edit]
is_other checks whether the directory entry refers to an other file (public member function of std::filesystem::directory_entry) [edit]