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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}
     }