NAME

Filesys::POSIX::Inode

DESCRIPTION

Provides a base class for filesystem-type dependent inode objects. This class offers a number of methods used to help determine the nature of the inode by analyzing its attributes.

$inode->dir()

Returns a value indicating whether or not the current inode is a directory.

$inode->link()

Returns true if the current inode is a symlink.

$inode->file()

Returns true if the current inode is a regular file.

$inode->char()

Returns true if the current inode is a character device.

$inode->block()

Returns true if the current inode is a block device.

$inode->fifo()

Returns true if the current inode is a Unix FIFO.

$inode->perms()

Returns the permissions bitfield value of the current inode's mode attribute.

$inode->readable()

Returns true if the inode is readable by anyone.

$inode->writable()

Returns true if the inode is writable by anyone.

$inode->executable()

Returns true if the inode is executable by anyone.

$inode->setuid()

Returns true if the inode has a setuid bit set.

$inode->setgid()

Returns true if the inode has a setgid bit set.

$inode->update(@st)

Updates the current inode object with a list of values as returned by stat().

$inode->directory()

If the current inode is a directory, return the directory object held by it. Otherwise, the following exception is issued:

Not a directory

$inode->empty()

Uses the above $inode->directory() call to obtain the directory for the current inode, and returns true if the directory only contains the '..' and '.' members.