add readdirx which returns more object info

base/exports.jl

@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ export
     readbytes!,
     readchomp,
     readdir,
+    readdirx,
     readline,
     readlines,
     readuntil,

base/file.jl

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export
     rename,
     readlink,
     readdir,
+    readdirx,
     rm,
     samefile,
     sendfile,
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ export
     unlink,
     walkdir
 
+import Base.==
+
 # get and set current directory
 
 """
@@ -913,7 +916,56 @@ julia> readdir(abspath("base"), join=true)
  "/home/JuliaUser/dev/julia/base/weakkeydict.jl"
 ```
 """
-function readdir(dir::AbstractString; join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true)
+readdir(; join::Bool=false, kwargs...) = readdir(join ? pwd() : "."; join, kwargs...)::Vector{String}
+readdir(dir::AbstractString; kwargs...) = _readdir(dir; return_objects=false, kwargs...)::Vector{String}
+
+# this might be better as an Enum but they're not available here
+# UV_DIRENT_T
+const UV_DIRENT_UNKNOWN = Cint(0)
+const UV_DIRENT_FILE = Cint(1)
+const UV_DIRENT_DIR = Cint(2)
+const UV_DIRENT_LINK = Cint(3)
+const UV_DIRENT_FIFO = Cint(4)
+const UV_DIRENT_SOCKET = Cint(5)
+const UV_DIRENT_CHAR = Cint(6)
+const UV_DIRENT_BLOCK = Cint(7)
+struct FileKind
+    dir::String
+    name::String
+    rawtype::Cint
+end
+function Base.getproperty(obj::FileKind, p::Symbol)
+    if p == :path
+        return joinpath(obj.dir, obj.name)
+    else
+        return getfield(obj, p)
+    end
+end
+Base.isless(a::FileKind, b::FileKind) = isless(a.name, b.name)
+==(a::FileKind, b::FileKind) = a.name == b.name
+==(a::AbstractString, b::FileKind) = a == b.name
+==(a::FileKind, b::AbstractString) = b == a
+joinpath(obj::FileKind, args...) = joinpath(obj.path, args...)
+Base.convert(::Type{String}, obj::FileKind) = obj.name
+isunknown(obj::FileKind) =  obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_UNKNOWN
+islink(obj::FileKind) =     isunknown(obj) ? islink(obj.path) : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_LINK
+isfile(obj::FileKind) =     (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? isfile(obj.path)      : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_FILE
+isdir(obj::FileKind) =      (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? isdir(obj.path)       : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_DIR
+isfifo(obj::FileKind) =     (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? isfifo(obj.path)      : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_FIFO
+issocket(obj::FileKind) =   (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? issocket(obj.path)    : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_SOCKET
+ischardev(obj::FileKind) =  (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? ischardev(obj.path)   : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_CHAR
+isblockdev(obj::FileKind) = (isunknown(obj) || islink(obj)) ? isblockdev(obj.path)  : obj.rawtype == UV_DIRENT_BLOCK
+
+"""
+    readdirx(dir::AbstractString=pwd();
+        join::Bool = false,
+        sort::Bool = true,
+    ) -> Vector{FileKind}
+"""
+readdirx(; join::Bool=false, kwargs...) = readdirx(join ? pwd() : "."; join, kwargs...)::Vector{FileKind}
+readdirx(dir::AbstractString; kwargs...) = _readdir(dir; return_objects=true, kwargs...)::Vector{FileKind}
+
+function _readdir(dir::AbstractString; return_objects::Bool=false, join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true)
     # Allocate space for uv_fs_t struct
     req = Libc.malloc(_sizeof_uv_fs)
     try
@@ -923,11 +975,16 @@ function readdir(dir::AbstractString; join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true)
         err < 0 && uv_error("readdir($(repr(dir)))", err)
 
         # iterate the listing into entries
-        entries = String[]
+        entries = return_objects ? FileKind[] : String[]
         ent = Ref{uv_dirent_t}()
         while Base.UV_EOF != ccall(:uv_fs_scandir_next, Cint, (Ptr{Cvoid}, Ptr{uv_dirent_t}), req, ent)
             name = unsafe_string(ent[].name)
-            push!(entries, join ? joinpath(dir, name) : name)
+            if return_objects
+                rawtype = ent[].typ
+                push!(entries, FileKind(dir, name, rawtype))
+            else
+                push!(entries, join ? joinpath(dir, name) : name)
+            end
         end
 
         # Clean up the request string
@@ -941,8 +998,6 @@ function readdir(dir::AbstractString; join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true)
         Libc.free(req)
     end
 end
-readdir(; join::Bool=false, sort::Bool=true) =
-    readdir(join ? pwd() : ".", join=join, sort=sort)
 
 """
     walkdir(dir; topdown=true, follow_symlinks=false, onerror=throw)