Checking if path is a socket in Python 2.7

Question

What would be the best way in Python 2.7 to find out if a path is a socket?

os.path has is... functions for directories, normal files and links. The stat module offers some S_IS... functions like S_ISSOCK(mode) which I used as

import os, stat

path = "/path/to/socket"
mode = os.stat(path).st_mode
isSocket = stat.S_ISSOCK(mode)

print "%s is socket: %s" % (path, isSocket)

Is this the prefered way?

I don't see any other way. It seems reasonable. – Antonis Christofides Jul 26 '13 at 09:18 — Antonis Christofides, Jul 26 '13 at 09:18

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '13 at 13:08

15

Well, this is straight forward and works, so I take this as the canonical way.

answered Jul 31 '13 at 13:08

trapicki

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