NAME¶

std::filesystem::is_other - std::filesystem::is_other

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <filesystem>
bool is_other( std::filesystem::file_status s ) noexcept; (1) (since C++17)
bool is_other( const std::filesystem::path& p );
bool is_other( const std::filesystem::path& p, std::error_code& ec (2) (since C++17)
) noexcept;

Checks if the given file status or path corresponds to a file of type other type.
That is, the file exists, but is neither regular file, nor directory nor a symlink.

1) Equivalent to exists(s) && !is_regular_file(s) && !is_directory(s) &&
!is_symlink(s).
2) Equivalent to is_other(status(p)) or is_other(status(p, ec)), respectively.

Parameters¶

s - file status to check
p - path to examine
ec - error code to store the error status to

Return value¶

true if the file indicated by p or if the type indicated s refers to a file that is
not regular file, directory, or a symlink, false otherwise. The non-throwing
overload returns false if an error occurs.

Exceptions¶

2) The overload that does not take a std::error_code& parameter throws
filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the
first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument. 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. Any overload not marked
noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

Example¶

This section is incomplete
Reason: no example

See also¶

status determines file attributes
symlink_status determines file attributes, checking the symlink target
(C++17) (function)
(C++17)
file_status represents file type and permissions
(C++17) (class)
status_known checks whether file status is known
(C++17) (function)
is_block_file checks whether the given path refers to block device
(C++17) (function)
is_character_file checks whether the given path refers to a character device
(C++17) (function)
is_directory checks whether the given path refers to a directory
(C++17) (function)
is_fifo checks whether the given path refers to a named pipe
(C++17) (function)
is_regular_file checks whether the argument refers to a regular file
(C++17) (function)
is_socket checks whether the argument refers to a named IPC socket
(C++17) (function)
is_symlink checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link
(C++17) (function)
exists checks whether path refers to existing file system object
(C++17) (function)
is_other checks whether the directory entry refers to an other file
(public member function of std::filesystem::directory_entry)