"Chris G. Demetriou" wrote:

> thoan@ifm.liu.se (Thorbjorn Jemander) writes:
> > So, here's some really basic stuff.
> > Why do regular files trigger this test:
> >
> > if (file_stat.st_mode & S_IFMT == S_IFLNK) {
> >       /* Symbolic link */
> > }
> >
> > ?
>
> I don't see how you'll _ever_ get into the /* Symbolic link */
> comment's block, there...
>

No, not with that typo, no. What I actually do is masking the
non-type bits with S_IFMT in a switch():

switch(file_stat.st_mode & S_IFMT) {
    case S_IFLNK:
        break;
    case S_IFIFO:
        break;

    /* etc. */
}

Anyway, the problem is not priorities or masking, but the
interpretation of these flags and where I can read about them.
The man pages are not going into detail. I don't want to
plunge into the system source to find out.

/Thorbjörn