std::filesystem::is_socket
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| Defined in header <filesystem>
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| bool is_socket( std::filesystem::file_status s ); |
(1) | (since C++17) |
| bool is_socket( const std::filesystem::path& p ); bool is_socket( const std::filesystem::path& p, std::error_code& ec ); |
(2) | (since C++17) |
Checks if the given file status or path corresponds to a named IPC socket, as if determined by the POSIX S_IFSOCK.
1) Equivalent to s.type() == file_type::socket.
2) Equivalent to is_socket(status(p)) or is_socket(status(p, ec)).
Parameters
| s | - | file status to check |
| p | - | path to examine |
| ec | - | out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload |
Return value
true if the file indicated by p or if the type indicated s refers to a named socket. The non-throwing overload returns false if an error occurs.
Exceptions
1)
noexcept specification:
noexcept
2,3) The overload that does not take a std::error_code& parameter throws filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with
p as the first argument and the OS error code as the error code argument. std::bad_alloc may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking a std::error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. This overload has noexcept specification:
noexcept
Notes
Named sockets are UNIX domain sockets constructed with socket and bind POSIX APIs, which may be used for advanced interprocess communication. In particular, they may be used to transport open file descriptors from one running process to another.
Example
Run this code
#include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <cstdio> #include <cstring> #include <filesystem> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/un.h> #include <sys/stat.h> namespace fs = std::filesystem; void demo_status(const fs::path& p, fs::file_status s) { std::cout << p; // alternative: switch(s.type()) { case fs::file_type::regular: ...} if(fs::is_regular_file(s)) std::cout << " is a regular file\n"; if(fs::is_directory(s)) std::cout << " is a directory\n"; if(fs::is_block_file(s)) std::cout << " is a block device\n"; if(fs::is_character_file(s)) std::cout << " is a character device\n"; if(fs::is_fifo(s)) std::cout << " is a named IPC pipe\n"; if(fs::is_socket(s)) std::cout << " is a named IPC socket\n"; if(fs::is_symlink(s)) std::cout << " is a symlink\n"; if(!fs::exists(s)) std::cout << " does not exist\n"; } int main() { // create files of different kinds fs::create_directory("sandbox"); std::ofstream("sandbox/file"); // create regular file fs::create_directory("sandbox/dir"); mkfifo("sandbox/pipe", 0644); struct sockaddr_un addr; addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX; std::strcpy(addr.sun_path, "sandbox/sock"); int fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0); bind(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof addr); fs::create_symlink("file", "sandbox/symlink"); // demo different status accessors for(auto it = fs::directory_iterator("sandbox"); it != fs::directory_iterator(); ++it) demo_status(*it, it->symlink_status()); // use cached status from directory entry demo_status("dev/null", fs::status("/dev/null")); // direct calls to status demo_status("dev/sda", fs::status("/dev/sda")); demo_status("sandbox/no", fs::status("/sandbox/no")); // cleanup close(fd); fs::remove_all("sandbox"); }
Possible output:
"sandbox/file" is a regular file "sandbox/dir" is a directory "sandbox/pipe" is a named IPC pipe "sandbox/sock" is a named IPC socket "sandbox/symlink" is a symlink "dev/null" is a character device "dev/sda" is a block device "sandbox/no" does not exist
See also
| (C++17)(C++17) |
determines file attributes determines file attributes, checking the symlink target (function) |
| (C++17) |
represents file type and permissions (class) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether file status is known (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the given path refers to block device (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the given path refers to a character device (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the given path refers to a directory (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the given path refers to a named pipe (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the argument refers to an other file (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the argument refers to a regular file (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link (function) |
| (C++17) |
checks whether path refers to existing file system object (function) |
| status of the file designated by this directory entry symlink_status of the file designated by this directory entry (public member function of std::filesystem::directory_entry) |