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Top Forums Programming unable to send a char parameter from main to a function Post 302564315 by jim mcnamara on Thursday 13th of October 2011 10:16:52 AM
Old 10-13-2011
charSetter is undefined for starters.

However, please define does not work. What EXACTLY are you trying to do?
Hint: it looks like you need to call stat() against an actual filename
Code:
#include <sys/stat.h>
char charSetter(char *filename)
{
     struct stat st;
     char retval='';
     if(stat(filename, &st ) == -1)
     {
             fprintf(stderr, "Cannot stat %s\n", filename);
             perror("");
             exit(1);
      }
      if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) )
          retval='l';
      return retval;
}

 

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LSTAT(3)								 1								  LSTAT(3)

lstat - Gives information about a file or symbolic link

SYNOPSIS
array lstat (string $filename) DESCRIPTION
Gathers the statistics of the file or symbolic link named by $filename. PARAMETERS
o $filename - Path to a file or a symbolic link. RETURN VALUES
See the manual page for stat(3) for information on the structure of the array that lstat(3) returns. This function is identical to the stat(3) function except that if the $filename parameter is a symbolic link, the status of the symbolic link is returned, not the status of the file pointed to by the symbolic link. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Comparison of stat(3) and lstat(3) <?php symlink('uploads.php', 'uploads'); // Contrast information for uploads.php and uploads array_diff(stat('uploads'), lstat('uploads')); ?> The above example will output something similar to: Information that differs between the two files. Array ( [ino] => 97236376 [mode] => 33188 [size] => 34 [atime] => 1223580003 [mtime] => 1223581848 [ctime] => 1223581848 [blocks] => 8 ) ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted. NOTES
Note The results of this function are cached. See clearstatcache(3) for more details. Tip As of PHP 5.0.0, this function can also be used with some URL wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrappers" to determine which wrappers support stat(3) family of functionality. SEE ALSO
stat(3). PHP Documentation Group LSTAT(3)
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