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+/* EIO - EFL data type library
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Enlightenment Developers:
+ *           Cedric Bail <cedric.bail@free.fr>
+ *           Vincent "caro" Torri  <vtorri at univ-evry dot fr>
+ *	     Stephen "okra" Houston <unixtitan@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library;
+ * if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef EIO_INLINE_HELPER_H__
+# define EIO_INLINE_HELPER_H__
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup Eio_Helper
+ *
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return last acces time to a file
+ * @param stat The stat buffer as given by eio_file_stat callback.
+ * @return last access time.
+ *
+ * This function return the st_atime field, last acces time, as double like all EFL time call.
+ */
+static inline double
+eio_file_atime(const struct stat *stat)
+{
+   if (!stat) return 0.0;
+   return (double) stat->st_atime;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return last modification time of a file
+ * @param stat The stat buffer as given by eio_file_stat callback.
+ * @return last modification time.
+ *
+ * This function return the st_mtime field, last modification time, as double like all EFL time call.
+ */
+static inline double
+eio_file_mtime(const struct stat *stat)
+{
+   if (!stat) return 0.0;
+   return (double) stat->st_mtime;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return file length.
+ * @param stat The stat buffer as given by eio_file_stat callback.
+ * @return the length of a file.
+ *
+ * This function is just an accessor to st_size and return the file length.
+ */
+static inline long long
+eio_file_size(const struct stat *stat)
+{
+   if (!stat) return 0;
+   return stat->st_size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return if path is a directory.
+ * @param stat The stat buffer as given by eio_file_stat callback.
+ * @return EINA_TRUE if the path is a directory.
+ *
+ * This function tell you if the stated path is a directory or not.
+ */
+static inline Eina_Bool
+eio_file_is_dir(const struct stat *stat)
+{
+   if (!stat) return EINA_FALSE;
+   return (S_ISDIR(stat->st_mode)) ? EINA_TRUE : EINA_FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Return if path is a length.
+ * @param stat The stat buffer as given by eio_file_stat callback.
+ * @return EINA_TRUE if the path is a length.
+ *
+ * This function tell you if the stated path is a length or not.
+ */
+static inline Eina_Bool
+eio_file_is_lnk(const struct stat *stat)
+{
+   if (!stat) return EINA_FALSE;
+   return (S_ISLNK(stat->st_mode)) ? EINA_TRUE : EINA_FALSE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#endif