is_file


Description:

[ Version ( since = "0.8" ) ]
public int8 is_file (string path, IsFile? optargs) throws Error

test if a regular file

This returns true if and only if there is a regular file with the given path name. Note that it returns false for other objects like directories.

If the optional flag followsymlinks is true, then a symlink (or chain of symlinks) that ends with a file also causes the function to return true.

See also stat.

Parameters:

this

A GuestfsSession object

optargs

a GuestfsIsFile containing optional arguments

Returns:

the returned value, or -1 on error