Re: how to find out, whether a path is socket or device

On 08/30/2010 02:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:46:16 +0200, News123 wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Under Linux I'd like to find out, whether I got a file, a character >> device or a socket as a parameter. > > See the stat module. > > Thks a lot. I was looking in os.path and forg

Re: how to find out, whether a path is socket or device

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:46:16 +0200, News123 wrote: > Hi, > > Under Linux I'd like to find out, whether I got a file, a character > device or a socket as a parameter. See the stat module. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

how to find out, whether a path is socket or device

Hi, Under Linux I'd like to find out, whether I got a file, a character device or a socket as a parameter. What is the right way to do this How can I found out, whether a path name is: - a file ( os.isfile() ) - a character device - a socket - a named pipe thanks a lot for pointers -- http