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treesum: - WalkDirEntry tests with a FIFO special file - WalkDirEntry.is_reg Also all to be handled special files in the notes document.
author Franz Glasner <fzglas.hg@dom66.de>
date Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:12:30 +0100
parents 42f4ca423ab3
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--- a/docs/notes.rst	Tue Feb 18 19:30:40 2025 +0100
+++ b/docs/notes.rst	Wed Feb 19 09:12:30 2025 +0100
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       Symlink to a directory
 
-  ``/./@`
+  ``/./@``
 
       Symlink to other filesystem object.
       Also used if the link is broken and the target type cannot determined.
 
+  ``/./|``, ``/./@|``
+
+      FIFO and symlink to FIFO
+
+  ``/./=``, ``/./@=``
+
+      Socket and symlink to socket
+
+  ``/./>``,  ``/./@>``
+
+      Door (Solaris) and symlink to door
+
+  ``/./%``,  ``/./@%``
+
+      Whiteout and symlink to whiteout (used by union filesystems) (BSD)
+
+Nonstandard path endings are:
+
+   ``/./:``, ``/./@:``
+
+      Character special and symlink to character special
+
+   ``/./;``, ``/./@;``
+
+      Block special and symlink to block special
+
+  ``/./)``, ``/./@)``
+
+      Event port (Solaris, Illumos) and symlink to event port
+
+
+.. note:: :command:`ls` can also use ``*`` for regular files that are
+          executable.
+
 
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