From 52fe05e3e4dfa7016914e7a0ab76e4729c9f5b70d8af75d470ded2463a964093 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ADAM David Alan Martin <adam@pyp-e.io>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:14:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Symlink file type support.

---
 Entry.h    |  5 +++--
 cudir.cc   | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 format.cc  |  6 +++++-
 helpers.cc | 12 ++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Entry.h b/Entry.h
index 87b5193..43f1fa5 100644
--- a/Entry.h
+++ b/Entry.h
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ struct Entry
 	unsigned day;
 	long int hour;
 	long int minute;
-	bool is_dir;
+	enum Type { Directory, Symlink, Normal };
+	Type type;
 	bool is_exe;
 };
 
 bool is_exe( std::filesystem::directory_entry entry );
 
-std::string drwx( std::filesystem::directory_entry entry );
+std::string drwx( std::filesystem::directory_entry entry, Entry::Type t );
 
 std::string format_entry( const Entry &entry, std::size_t widest );
diff --git a/cudir.cc b/cudir.cc
index 1a74dcc..e8ac1d8 100644
--- a/cudir.cc
+++ b/cudir.cc
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@ getEntries( const std::filesystem::path where )
 			}
 		};
 
-		entries.push_back( Entry{ entry.path().filename(), drwx( entry ), entry.is_directory() ? 0 : get_file_size( entry.path() ),
+		const auto type= Alepha::Utility::evaluate <=[&]
+		{
+			if( entry.is_symlink() ) return Entry::Symlink;
+			if( entry.is_directory() ) return Entry::Directory;
+			return Entry::Normal;
+		};
+		entries.push_back( Entry{ entry.path().filename(), drwx( entry, type ), type == Entry::Normal ? get_file_size( entry.path() ) : 0,
 				static_cast< int >( ymd.year() ), static_cast< unsigned >( ymd.month() ), static_cast< unsigned >( ymd.day() ),
 				time_of_day.hours().count(), time_of_day.minutes().count(),
-				entry.is_directory(), is_exe( entry ) } );
+				type, is_exe( entry ) } );
 	}
 
 	std::sort( begin( entries ), end( entries ), []( const auto &lhs, const auto &rhs ) { return lhs.name < rhs.name; } );
@@ -124,12 +130,17 @@ main( const int argcnt, const char *const argvec[] )
 	{
 		++fileCount;
 		totalSize+= entry.size;
-		std::cout << format_entry( entry, widest ) << " ";
-		if( entry.is_dir )
+		std::cout << format_entry( entry, widest ) << "";
+		if( entry.type == Entry::Directory )
 		{
 			std::cout << "";
 			std::cout << std::setw( C::sizeWidth - 1 ) << std::setfill( ' ' ) << std::right << "<DIR>" << ' ';
 		}
+		else if( entry.type == Entry::Symlink )
+		{
+			std::cout << "";
+			std::cout << std::setw( C::sizeWidth - 1 ) << std::setfill( ' ' ) << std::right << "<LINK>" << ' ';
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			//std::cout << "                ";
diff --git a/format.cc b/format.cc
index 84b34fd..8d9bcaf 100644
--- a/format.cc
+++ b/format.cc
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ format_entry( const Entry &entry, const std::size_t widest )
 	std::ostringstream oss;
 	oss << "[";
 
-	if( entry.is_dir )
+	if( entry.type == Entry::Directory )
 	{
 		oss << "1;35;95";
 	}
+	else if( entry.type == Entry::Symlink )
+	{
+		oss << "1;32;92";
+	}
 	else if( entry.is_exe )
 	{
 		oss << "1;36;96";
diff --git a/helpers.cc b/helpers.cc
index f9979ee..e702532 100644
--- a/helpers.cc
+++ b/helpers.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <map>
 
 bool
 is_exe( const std::filesystem::directory_entry entry )
@@ -13,8 +14,15 @@ is_exe( const std::filesystem::directory_entry entry )
 	return ( perms::none != ( p & ( perms::owner_exec | perms::group_exec | perms::others_exec ) ) );
 }
 
+static const std::map< Entry::Type, char > typeMap=
+{
+	{ Entry::Normal, '-' },
+	{ Entry::Directory, 'd' },
+	{ Entry::Symlink, 'l' },
+};
+
 std::string
-drwx( const std::filesystem::directory_entry entry )
+drwx( const std::filesystem::directory_entry entry, const Entry::Type type )
 {
 	auto p= status( entry.path() ).permissions();
 
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ drwx( const std::filesystem::directory_entry entry )
 	{
 		oss << (perms::none == (perm bitand p) ? '-' : op);
 	};
-	oss << ( entry.is_directory() ? 'd' : '-' );
+	oss << typeMap.at( type );
 	show('r', perms::owner_read);
 	show('w', perms::owner_write);
 	show('x', perms::owner_exec);