+ path = buf;
+
+ /* For non-dev, check this is a regular file, else just return the
+ * file type as a string (RHBZ#582484).
+ */
+ struct stat statbuf;
+ if (lstat (path, &statbuf) == -1) {
+ reply_with_perror ("lstat: %s", display_path);
+ free (buf);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (! S_ISREG (statbuf.st_mode)) {
+ char *ret;
+
+ free (buf);
+
+ if (S_ISDIR (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("directory");
+ else if (S_ISCHR (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("character device");
+ else if (S_ISBLK (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("block device");
+ else if (S_ISFIFO (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("FIFO");
+ else if (S_ISLNK (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("symbolic link");
+ else if (S_ISSOCK (statbuf.st_mode))
+ ret = strdup ("socket");
+ else
+ ret = strdup ("unknown, not regular file");
+
+ if (ret == NULL)
+ reply_with_perror ("strdup");
+ return ret;
+ }