isfifo?

[rdmurray]

I've googled and looked through os.path, but I don't see a method for
determining if a path points to a FIFO. Anyone know of a simple way to
do so?

--RDM

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

I've googled and looked through os.path, but I don't see a method for
determining if a path points to a FIFO. Anyone know of a simple way to
do so?

def isfifo(fn):
return stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(fn).st_mode)

HTH,
Martin

 

[rdmurray]

def isfifo(fn):
return stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(fn).st_mode)

Thanks. I should have thought of looking in os.stat. Odd that S_ISFIFO
didn't come up in my google search.

--RDM