1 files changed, 94 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/linuxnamespaces/atlocation.py b/linuxnamespaces/atlocation.py
index c534150..be9d17c 100644
--- a/linuxnamespaces/atlocation.py
+++ b/linuxnamespaces/atlocation.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ code for doing so.
 """
 
 import enum
+import errno
 import os
 import os.path
 import pathlib
+import stat
 import typing
 
 
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ class AtFlags(enum.IntFlag):
     AT_EMPTY_PATH = 0x1000
 
 
+_IGNORED_ERRNOS = frozenset((errno.ENOENT, errno.ENOTDIR, errno.ELOOP))
+
+
 class AtLocation:
     """Represent a location in the filesystem suitable for use with the
     at-family of syscalls. If flags has the AT_EMPTY_PATH bit set, the
@@ -217,6 +222,18 @@ class AtLocation:
             follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks,
         )
 
+    def exists(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to an existing filesystem object.
+        Similar to pathlib.Path.exists.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.stat()
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+        return True
+
     def is_absolute(self) -> bool:
         """Report whether the location is absolute or not. Not that any
         location with an a valid filedescriptor is considered absolute as it is
@@ -224,6 +241,83 @@ class AtLocation:
         """
         return self.fd >= 0 or pathlib.Path(self.location).is_absolute()
 
+    def is_block_device(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a block device. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_block_device.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISBLK(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_char_device(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a character device. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_char_device.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISCHR(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_dir(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a directory. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_dir.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISDIR(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_fifo(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a FIFO. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_fifo.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISFIFO(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_file(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a regular file. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_file.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISREG(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_socket(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a socket. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_socket.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISSOCK(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
+    def is_symlink(self) -> bool:
+        """Report whether the location refers to a symbolic link. Similar to
+        pathlib.Path.is_symlink.
+        """
+        try:
+            return stat.S_ISLNK(self.stat().st_mode)
+        except OSError as err:
+            if err.errno in _IGNORED_ERRNOS:
+                return False
+            raise
+
     def link(self, dst: "AtLocationLike") -> None:
         """Wrapper for os.link supplying src_dir_fd, dst_dir_fd and
         follow_symlinks.