| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| UNKNOWN0 | File's type is unknown. |
| REGULAR1 | File handle represents a regular file. |
| DIRECTORY2 | File handle represents a directory. |
| SYMBOLIC_LINK3 | File handle represents a symbolic link (Unix systems). |
| SPECIAL4 | File is a "special" file, such as a socket, fifo, block device, or character device. |
| SHORTCUT5 | File is a shortcut (Windows systems). |
| MOUNTABLE6 | File is a mountable location. |
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Indicates the file's on-disk type.
On Windows systems a file will never have %G_FILE_TYPE_SYMBOLIC_LINK type; use #GFileInfo and %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_SYMLINK to determine whether a file is a symlink or not. This is due to the fact that NTFS does not have a single filesystem object type for symbolic links - it has files that symlink to files, and directories that symlink to directories. #GFileType enumeration cannot precisely represent this important distinction, which is why all Windows symlinks will continue to be reported as %G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR or %G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY.