#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <dirent.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

char getFileMode(char charSetter) {

    char fileType = 0; /*var to hold the value to be returned*/ 
    
    fileType = charSetter;
    
    return fileType; /*end function */
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

    /*this set of vars for getopt*/
    int c;
    char *options = "t::dfl";
    extern char *optarg;
    extern int optind, optopt, opterr;
    char dir = 'd', 
        file = 'f', 
        slink = 'l', 
        charSetter = 0;
    
    /*this set of vars for the traversal and the test*/
    char fileType = 0;
    char *dirName = argv[argc-1];

    if (argc < 2) {
        printf("mfind [-t type] start1 [start2 ...] name \n"); /*usage*/
    }

while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, options)) != -1) {
    switch (c) {
        case 't':
            optarg = options;
            printf("Type is  set to: %c\n", charSetter); /*should be zero*/
            printf("option: %c\n",c);
            break;
            
        case 'd':
            printf("d is set\n");
            charSetter = dir;
            break;

        case 'f':
            printf("f is set\n");
            charSetter = file;
            
            break;

        case 'l':
            printf("l is set\n");
            charSetter = slink;
            
            break;

        case ':':
            printf("-%c without type\n", optopt);
            break;

        case '?':
            printf("unknown arg %c\n", optopt);
            fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized option: -%c\n", optopt);
    }

}
    int i;
    for(i=1;i<argc;i++){
    printf("argv: %s\n",argv[i]);
    }

    for (; optind < argc; optind++) {
     fileType = getFileMode(charSetter);
        printf("the filetype is %c", fileType);
    }

return (0);
}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


char getFileMode(char charChanger) {

  printf("charChanger has  %c\n", charChanger);
  
  char *filetype; /*var to hold the value to be returned*/ 
  
  filetype = charChanger; /*set filetype to 'l'*/
  
return filetype;

}

int main(void){

char type = 0;

char     dir = 'd', 
        file = 'f', 
        slink = 'l', 
        charChanger=0;
        
    charChanger =  file;
    type = getFileMode(charChanger);
    printf("type is %c\n", type);
    
return 0;
}

#include <getopt.h>