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NAME
system_ischr(3f) - [M_system:QUERY_FILE] checks if argument is a character device (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Return Value
Errors
See Also
Example

SYNOPSIS
elemental impure logical function system_ischr(pathname) 

   character(len=*),intent(in) :: pathname
   logical                     :: system_ischr

DESCRIPTION
The ischr(3f) function checks if path is a path to a character device.

OPTIONS
path a character string representing a character device pathname. Trailing spaces are ignored.

RETURN VALUE
The system_ischr() function should always be successful and no return value is reserved to indicate an error.

ERRORS
No errors are defined.

SEE ALSO
system_isreg(3f), system_stat(3f), system_isdir(3f), system_perm(3f)

EXAMPLE
check if filename is a character file 

   program demo_system_ischr
   use M_system, only : system_ischr
   implicit none
   integer                     :: i
   character(len=80),parameter :: names(*)=[ &
   ’/tmp            ’, &
   ’/tmp/NOTTHERE   ’, &
   ’/usr/local      ’, &
   ’.               ’, &
   ’char_dev.test   ’, &
   ’PROBABLY_NOT    ’]
   do i=1,size(names)
      write(*,*)’ is ’,trim(names(i)),’ a character device? ’, system_ischr(names(i))
   enddo
   end program demo_system_ischr
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system_ischr (3) March 11, 2021
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