atclass(3)

ASO class handling

Section 3 atfs-dev bookworm source

Description

atclass

NAME

atFileClassExt, atIsDerived - ASO class handling

SYNOPSIS

#include <atfs.h>
#include <atfstk.h>

char*atFileClassExt (Af_key *aso);

	int
	atIsDerived (Af_key *aso);

DESCRIPTION

atFileClassExt returns a short string (one or two characters long), visualizing the attributed software objects (aso) class. This is a superset of the file class symbols added to filenames by the ls -F command.

	/		Directory.
	@		Symbolic Link.
	=		Socket.
	*		Executable.
	$		Derived.
	ˆ		Locked.

Some combinations are possible. In espacially the circumflex (ˆ) may be combined with any other symbol, resulting in a two letter string.

atIsDerived checks whether the denoted aso is in a derived object cache (return value TRUE) or not (return value FALSE).