27 Input/output library [input.output]

27.10 File systems [filesystems]

27.10.10 Enumerations [fs.enum]

27.10.10.1 Enum class file_type [enum.file_type]

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This enum class specifies constants used to identify file types, with the meanings listed in Table [tab:enum.file_type].

Table 122 — Enum class file_type
ConstantMeaning
none The type of the file has not been determined or an error occurred while trying to determine the type.
not_found Pseudo-type indicating the file was not found. [ Note: The file not being found is not considered an error while determining the type of a file.  — end note ]
regular Regular file
directory Directory file
symlink Symbolic link file
block Block special file
character Character special file
fifo FIFO or pipe file
socket Socket file
implementation-defined Implementations that support file systems having file types in addition to the above file_type types shall supply implementation-defined file_type constants to separately identify each of those additional file types
unknown The file exists but the type could not be determined