Check if file is a named pipe (fifo) in python?

Question

I communicate with a named pipe, but I would like to check if it is a named pipe before opening it.

I check Google, but there is nothing, os.path.isfile() returns False , and I really need to check it.

Answer 1

You can try:

  import stat, os stat.S_ISFIFO(os.stat(path).st_mode) 

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