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--- status: TODO
--- author(s):
--- notes:
document {
Key => isRegularFile,
Headline => "whether a file is a regular file",
Usage => "isRegularFile fn",
Inputs => { "fn" => String => "a filename or path" },
Outputs => { Boolean => { "whether ", TT "fn", " is the path to a regular file" }},
"In UNIX, a regular file is one that is not special in some way. Special files include
symbolic links and directories. A regular file is a sequence of bytes stored permanently in a file system.",
EXAMPLE lines ///
fn = temporaryFileName()
fn << "hi there" << close
isRegularFile fn
removeFile fn
///,
SeeAlso => {isDirectory,readlink}
}
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