Differentiate between a unix directory and file in C and C++

Question

Given a path, say, /home/shree/path/def, I would want to determine if def is a directory or a file. Is there a way of achieving this in C or C++ code?

Answer 1

What about using the boost::filesystem library and its is_directory(const Path& p) ? It may take a while to get familiar with, but not so much. It probably worths the investment, and your code will not be platform specific.