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+/* Return a string describing the type of a file.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert.  */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include "file-type.h"
+
+#include <gettext.h>
+#define _(text) gettext (text)
+
+char const *
+file_type (struct stat const *st)
+{
+  /* See POSIX 1003.1-2001 XCU Table 4-8 lines 17093-17107 for some of
+     these formats.
+
+     To keep diagnostics grammatical in English, the returned string
+     must start with a consonant.  */
+
+  if (S_ISREG (st->st_mode))
+    return st->st_size == 0 ? _("regular empty file") : _("regular file");
+
+  if (S_ISDIR (st->st_mode))
+    return _("directory");
+
+  if (S_ISBLK (st->st_mode))
+    return _("block special file");
+
+  if (S_ISCHR (st->st_mode))
+    return _("character special file");
+
+  if (S_ISFIFO (st->st_mode))
+    return _("fifo");
+
+  if (S_ISLNK (st->st_mode))
+    return _("symbolic link");
+
+  if (S_ISSOCK (st->st_mode))
+    return _("socket");
+
+  if (S_TYPEISMQ (st))
+    return _("message queue");
+
+  if (S_TYPEISSEM (st))
+    return _("semaphore");
+
+  if (S_TYPEISSHM (st))
+    return _("shared memory object");
+
+  if (S_TYPEISTMO (st))
+    return _("typed memory object");
+
+  return _("weird file");
+}