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.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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