[erlang-patches] Correct ls/1 in c.erl

[Bengt Kleberg]

The filelib:is_dir/is_file/is_regular functions confuse me. I am unsure
what they will return for directories, files, links, special files,
none-existing files and the combination of read/no-read access for
these.

file:read_link_info/1 is more predictable.


bengt

On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 15:59 +0200, Björn Gustavsson wrote:
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Bengt Kleberg
> <bengt.kleberg@REDACTED> wrote:
>         6> file:list_dir("nosuchfile").
>         {error,enotdir}
>         
>         I think to use file:read_link_info/1 to establish the
>         existence of the
>         file/directory.
>         
> Why?
> 
> 
> If file:list_dir(Name) returns {error,enotdir}, it means that
> there exists a file named Name (but it is not a directory).
> 
> 
> If no such file exists, the return value will be {error,enoent}.
> 
> 
> In what situation would it be useful to call
> file:read_link_info/1?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Björn Gustavsson, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB