Date: 2022apr18 OS: Windows Product: MSVC Language: C/C++ Keywords: check, directory, dir, folder Q. Windows: S_ISREG() and S_ISDIR() Q. If you're writing new code its best to use GetFileAttributes() http://www.davekb.com/search.php?target=GetFileAttributes But if you are compiling Unix/Linux code on Windows:

#include <sys/stat.h> #ifndef _S_ISTYPE #define _S_ISTYPE(mode, mask) (((mode) & _S_IFMT) == (mask)) #define S_ISREG(mode) _S_ISTYPE((mode), _S_IFREG) #define S_ISDIR(mode) _S_ISTYPE((mode), _S_IFDIR) #endif

ExampleUse() { struct sb sb; char *pathname = "c:/windows"; if (stat(pathname, &sb) == -1) { // It does not exist (or other less common problem) return; } if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) { // Its a regular file } if (S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) { // Its a directory } }