isRegularFile -- whether a file is a regular file

Usage:

isRegularFile fn
Inputs:
- fn, a string, a filename or path
Outputs:
- a Boolean value, whether fn is the path to a regular file

Description

In UNIX, a regular file is one that is not special in some way. Special files include symbolic links and directories. A regular file is a sequence of bytes stored permanently in a file system.

i1 : fn = temporaryFileName()

o1 = /tmp/M2-31290-0/0

i2 : fn << "hi there" << close

o2 = /tmp/M2-31290-0/0

o2 : File

i3 : isRegularFile fn

o3 = true

i4 : removeFile fn

For the programmer

The object isRegularFile is a compiled function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/isRegularFile-doc.m2:21:0.

isRegularFile -- whether a file is a regular file

Description

See also

For the programmer