isfdtype(3)

1ISFDTYPE(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               ISFDTYPE(3)
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NAME

6       isfdtype - test file type of a file descriptor
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/stat.h>
10       #include <sys/socket.h>
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12       int isfdtype(int fd, int fdtype);
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14   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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16       isfdtype():
17           Since glibc 2.20:
18               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
19           Before glibc 2.20:
20               _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

23       The  isfdtype() function tests whether the file descriptor fd refers to
24       a file of type fdtype.  The fdtype argument specifies one of the  S_IF*
25       constants  defined  in  <sys/stat.h>  and  documented in stat(2) (e.g.,
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RETURN VALUE

29       The isfdtype() function returns 1 if the file descriptor fd is of  type
30       fdtype  and  0 if it is not.  On error, -1 is returned and errno is set
31       to indicate the cause.
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ERRORS

34       The isfdtype() function can  fail  with  any  of  the  same  errors  as
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CONFORMING TO

38       The  isfdtype()  function  is  not  specified  in any standard, but did
39       appear in the draft POSIX.1g standard.  It is present  on  OpenBSD  and
40       Tru64  UNIX  (where  the  required  header  file  in both cases is just
41       <sys/stat.h>, as shown in the POSIX.1g draft), and possibly other  sys‐
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NOTES

45       Portable applications should use fstat(3) instead.
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COLOPHON

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