Enumeration `FileType`

public enum FileType: UInt32, Codable, Equatable, CaseIterable

FileType specifies the type of file in an archive.

Documentation comments are taken from FreeBSD's man pages.

Enumeration Cases

case setUID = 0o4000

SUID bit.

case setGID = 0o2000

SGID bit.

case sticky = 0o1000

Sticky bit. On some systems, this modifies the behavior of executables and/or directories.

case directory = 0o40000

File type value for directories.

case namedPipe = 0o10000

File type value for named pipes or FIFOs.

case regular = 0o100000

File type value for regular files.

case symlink = 0o120000

File type value for symbolic links. For symbolic links, the link body is stored as file data.

case device = 0o60000

File type value for block special devices.

case charDevice = 0o20000

File type value for character special devices.

case socket = 0o140000

File type value for sockets.

case type = 0o170000

This masks the file type bits.

if (reader.headers[0].mode.rawValue & FileType.type.rawValue) == FileType.regular.rawValue {
	// reader.headers[0] describes a file.
}

case permissions = 0o777

The lower 9 bits specify read/write/execute permissions for world, group, and user following standard POSIX conventions.