NAME

       atFileClassExt, atIsDerived - ASO class handling

SYNOPSIS

       #include <atfs.h>
       #include <atfstk.h>

       char*atFileClassExt (Af_key *aso);

       int  atIsDerived (Af_key *aso);

DESCRIPTION

       atFileClassExt  returns  a  short  string  (one  or  two characters long), visualizing the
       attributed software objects (aso) class.  This is a superset of  the  file  class  symbols
       added to filenames by the ls -F command.

       /      Directory.

       @      Symbolic Link.

       =      Socket.

       *      Executable.

       $      Derived.

       ^      Locked.

       Some  combinations are possible. In espacially the circumflex (^) may be combined with any
       other symbol, resulting in a two letter string.

       atIsDerived checks whether the denoted aso is in a  derived  object  cache  (return  value
       TRUE) or not (return value FALSE).

SEE ALSO

       ls(1)