stat-structure-st-mode-field-constants.md

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title	_stat Structure st_mode Field Constants
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f1_keywords	STAT/S_IFCHR STAT/S_IFDIR STAT/_S_IWRITE STAT/S_IFMT STAT/_S_IFDIR STAT/_S_IREAD STAT/S_IEXEC STAT/_S_IEXEC STAT/_S_IFMT STAT/S_IWRITE STAT/S_IFREG STAT/S_IREAD STAT/_S_IFCHR STAT/_S_IFREG S_IFCHR S_IFDIR _S_IWRITE S_IFMT _S_IFDIR _S_IREAD S_IEXEC _S_IEXEC _S_IFMT S_IWRITE S_IFREG S_IREAD _S_IFCHR _S_IFREG
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_stat structure st_mode field constants

Syntax

#include <sys/stat.h>

Remarks

These constants are used to indicate file type in the st_mode field of the _stat structure.

The bit mask constants are described below:

Constant	Meaning
_S_IFMT	File type mask
_S_IFDIR	Directory
_S_IFCHR	Character special (indicates a device if set)
_S_IFREG	Regular
_S_IREAD	Read permission, owner
_S_IWRITE	Write permission, owner
_S_IEXEC	Execute/search permission, owner

See also

_stat, _wstat functions
_fstat, _fstat32, _fstat64, _fstati64, _fstat32i64, _fstat64i32
Standard types
Global constants