[Scottish] type of files

[Aidan Skinner]

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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 03:58:02PM +0100, Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant w=
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> using the path, i want to be able to determine whether it is a shell, an
> executable ...

You could check for the executable bit and it not being a directory.

If you want to determine the particular flavour of shell script you
could look for the #! line

alternatively match it's extension against your mime.types file.

but frankly I'd use system().

- Aidan (who also wouldn't be doing it in C, but there you go)

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