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Date:      16 Jan 2002 13:12:18 -0800
From:      swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HOWTO -- backup onto CDRs?
Message-ID:  <gq1ygquhjh.ygq@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <018824024051012FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com>
References:  <018824024051012FE7@mail7.nc.rr.com>

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> 
> Anyway, these are the only types of files that perl knows aobut; looks pretty 
> complete to me:
> 
>                    -f  File is a plain file.
>                    -d  File is a directory.
>                    -l  File is a symbolic link.
>                    -p  File is a named pipe (FIFO), or Filehandle is a pipe.
>                    -S  File is a socket.
>                    -b  File is a block special file.
>                    -c  File is a character special file.

Looks like /usr/include/sys/stat.h has the definitive list and it adds
something called a "whiteout".  Never heard of it; maybe it's not
supported by other code, or just used by the system software.  (The
"find" man page agrees with perl.)

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