Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] File Permission
Date: Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020, 08:42:12

    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > On the question on file permissions, you said "All you may assume is that
    > you can lstat() it, which will allow you to determine its type." What
    > does determine its type mean?

To determine whether the file is a regular file or
directory or symbolic link or ... .

--Stan-