dart:io | Add FileSystemEntity.typeSync to test for symbolic links.

runtime/bin/file_linux.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "platform/globals.h"
 #if defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)
 
 #include "bin/file.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>  // NOLINT
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   if (result == -1) {
     FATAL2("Failed stat on file descriptor %d: %s", fd, strerror(errno));
   }
   if (S_ISCHR(buf.st_mode)) return kTerminal;
   if (S_ISFIFO(buf.st_mode)) return kPipe;
   if (S_ISSOCK(buf.st_mode)) return kSocket;
   if (S_ISREG(buf.st_mode)) return kFile;
   return kOther;
 }
 
+
+File::Type File::GetType(const char* pathname, bool follow_links) {
+  struct stat entry_info;
+  int stat_success;
+  if (follow_links) {
+    stat_success = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat(pathname, &entry_info));
+  } else {
+    stat_success = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lstat(pathname, &entry_info));
+  }
+  if (stat_success == -1) return File::kDoesNotExist;
+  if (S_ISDIR(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsDirectory;
+  if (S_ISREG(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsFile;
+  if (S_ISLNK(entry_info.st_mode)) return File::kIsLink;
+  return File::kDoesNotExist;
+}
+
 #endif  // defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)