query_file_type

Utility function to inspect the FileType of a file.

This is implemented using query_info and as such does blocking I/O.

The primary use case of this method is to check if a file is a regular file, directory, or symlink.

Example: Inspect the FileType:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	if (args.length != 2) {
		print ("%s FILE\n", args[0]);
		return 0;
	}

	File file = File.new_for_commandline_arg (args[1]);
	FileType type = file.query_file_type (FileQueryInfoFlags.NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS);
	print ("%s\n", type.to_string ());

	return 0;
}

valac --pkg gio-2.0 GLib.File.query_file_type.vala

Parameters:

this	input File
flags	a set of FileQueryInfoFlags passed to query_info
cancellable	optional Cancellable object, null to ignore

Returns:

The FileType of the file and g_file_type_unknown if the file does not exist