Ticket #5153: test_direntry.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

using namespace std;
using namespace boost::filesystem;

static string gvGetFileType(const file_type avFileType)
{
        switch (avFileType)
        {
        case status_unknown:
                return "status unknown";
        case file_not_found:
                return "file not found";
        case regular_file:
                return "regular file";
        case directory_file:
                return "directory file";
        case symlink_file:
                return "symbolic link file";
        case block_file:
                return "block special file";
        case character_file:
                return "character special file";
        case fifo_file:
                return "fifo file";
        case socket_file:
                return "socket file";
        case type_unknown:
        default:
                return "type unknown";
        }
}

static void gvDisplayDirEntry(const char* apDescription, const char* apPath)
{
        path vPath(apPath);
        directory_entry vDirEntry(vPath.make_preferred());

        cout
                << apDescription << ":" << endl
                << endl
                << "  " << vDirEntry.path().native()
                                << " status is " << gvGetFileType(vDirEntry.status().type()) << endl
                << endl;
}

int main(int /*argc*/, char* argv[])
{
        gvDisplayDirEntry("An unknown path", "dummy");
        gvDisplayDirEntry("A file path", argv[0]);
        gvDisplayDirEntry("A directory path", current_path().string().c_str());

        return 0;
}