This crate provides a basic extension to std::fs::File: it defines a method which returns the file's type (on *nix systems).

```rust extern crate filetype;

use std::fs; use std::fs::File; use filetype::{FileType, UnixFileType};

let f = File::open("foo").unwrap(); let ftype = f.file_type().unwrap();

match ftype { FileType::Regular => {}, FileType::Directory => {}, FileType::Symlink => {}, FileType::NamedPipe => {}, FileType::BlockDevice => {}, FileType::CharacterDevice => {}, } ```