| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Unknown0 | File's type is unknown. |
| Regular1 | File handle represents a regular file. |
| Directory2 | File handle represents a directory. |
| SymbolicLink3 | 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. |
Indicates the file's on-disk type.
On Windows systems a file will never have gio.types.FileType.SymbolicLink 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 gio.types.FileType.Regular or gio.types.FileType.Directory.