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NAME
     std::experimental::filesystem::is_character_file	   -	 std::experimen-
     tal::filesystem::is_character_file

Synopsis
	Defined in header <experimental/filesystem>
	bool is_character_file( file_status s );		 (1) (filesystem
     TS)
	bool is_character_file( const path& p );		 (2) (filesystem
     TS)
	bool is_character_file( const path& p, error_code& ec );

	Checks if the given file status or path corresponds to a character  spe-
     cial file, as
	if  determined by POSIX S_ISCHR. Examples of character special files are
     character
	devices such as /dev/null, /dev/tty, /dev/audio, or /dev/nvram on Linux.

	1) Equivalent to s.type() == file_type::character.
	2) Equivalent to is_character_file(status(p)) or  is_character_file(sta-
     tus(p, ec))
	respectively.

Parameters
	s  - file status to check
	p  - path to examine
	ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

Return value
	true  if  the file indicated by p or if the type indicated s refers to a
     block device,
	false otherwise. The non-throwing overload returns false if an error oc-
     curs.

Exceptions
	1)
	noexcept specification:
	noexcept

	2) The overload that does  not	take  an  error_code&  parameter  throws
     filesystem_error
	on  underlying	OS  API errors, constructed with p as the first argument
     and the OS
	error code as the error code argument. std::bad_alloc may be  thrown  if
     memory
	allocation  fails.  The overload taking an 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. This
	overload has
	noexcept specification:
	noexcept

Notes
	The information provided by this function is usually also provided as  a
     byproduct of
	directory iteration. During directory iteration, calling
	is_character_file(*iterator) is less efficient than
	is_character_file(iterator->status()).

Example
     // Run this code

      #include <cstdio>
      #include <cstring>
      #include <experimental/filesystem>
      #include <fstream>
      #include <iostream>
      #include <sys/socket.h>
      #include <sys/stat.h>
      #include <sys/un.h>
      #include <unistd.h>

      namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;

      void demo_status(const fs::path& p, fs::file_status s)
      {
	  std::cout << p;
	  // alternative: switch(s.type()) { case fs::file_type::regular: ... }
	  if (fs::is_regular_file(s))
	      std::cout << " is a regular file\n";
	  if (fs::is_directory(s))
	      std::cout << " is a directory\n";
	  if (fs::is_block_file(s))
	      std::cout << " is a block device\n";
	  if (fs::is_character_file(s))
	      std::cout << " is a character device\n";
	  if (fs::is_fifo(s))
	      std::cout << " is a named IPC pipe\n";
	  if (fs::is_socket(s))
	      std::cout << " is a named IPC socket\n";
	  if (fs::is_symlink(s))
	      std::cout << " is a symlink\n";
	  if (!fs::exists(s))
	      std::cout << " does not exist\n";
      }

      int main()
      {
	  // create files of different kinds
	  fs::create_directory("sandbox");
	  std::ofstream("sandbox/file"); // create regular file
	  fs::create_directory("sandbox/dir");
	  mkfifo("sandbox/pipe", 0644);
	  struct sockaddr_un addr;
	  addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
	  std::strcpy(addr.sun_path, "sandbox/sock");
	  int fd = socket(PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
	  bind(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof addr);
	  fs::create_symlink("file", "sandbox/symlink");

	  // demo different status accessors
	  for  (auto  it  =  fs::directory_iterator("sandbox"); it != fs::direc-
     tory_iterator(); ++it)
	      demo_status(*it, it->symlink_status()); // use cached status  from
     directory entry
	  demo_status("dev/null",  fs::status("/dev/null"));  // direct calls to
     status
	  demo_status("dev/sda", fs::status("/dev/sda"));
	  demo_status("sandbox/no", fs::status("/sandbox/no"));

	  // cleanup
	  close(fd);
	  fs::remove_all("sandbox");
      }

Possible output:
      "sandbox/file" is a regular file
      "sandbox/dir" is a directory
      "sandbox/pipe" is a named IPC pipe
      "sandbox/sock" is a named IPC socket
      "sandbox/symlink" is a symlink
      "dev/null" is a character device
      "dev/sda" is a block device
      "sandbox/no" does not exist

See also
	status		determines file attributes
	symlink_status	determines file attributes, checking the symlink target
			(function)
	file_status	represents file type and permissions
			(class)
	status_known	checks whether file status is known
			(function)
	is_block_file	checks whether the given path refers to block device
			(function)
	is_directory	checks whether the given path refers to a directory
			(function)
	is_fifo 	checks whether the given path refers to a named pipe
			(function)
	is_other	checks whether the argument refers to an other file
			(function)
	is_regular_file checks whether the argument refers to a regular file
			(function)
	is_socket	checks whether the argument refers to a named IPC socket
			(function)
	is_symlink	checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link
			(function)
	exists		checks whether path refers to existing file  system  ob-
     ject
			(function)
			cached	status	of the file designated by this directory
     entry
	status		cached symlink_status of the file designated by this di-
     rectory entry
	symlink_status	(public member function of
			std::experimental::filesystem::directory_entry)

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