Struct FileEntry 

pub struct FileEntry {
    pub path: PathBuf,
    pub name: String,
    pub is_dir: bool,
    pub is_hidden: bool,
    pub size: u64,
    pub modified: Option<SystemTime>,
    pub is_symlink: bool,
    pub is_readonly: bool,
}

A file entry with cached metadata

Fields

path: PathBuf

Full path to the file

name: String

File name (cached for sorting, lossy UTF-8)

is_dir: bool

Is this a directory?

is_hidden: bool

Is this a hidden file?

size: u64

File size in bytes (0 for directories)

modified: Option<SystemTime>

Last modified time

is_symlink: bool

Is this a symbolic link? (from DirEntry::file_type)

is_readonly: bool

Is this file readonly? (from metadata.permissions)

Implementations

impl FileEntry

pub fn new( path: PathBuf, is_dir: bool, size: u64, modified: Option<SystemTime>, is_symlink: bool, is_readonly: bool, ) -> Self

Create a new file entry from a path and metadata

pub fn parent_entry(parent_path: PathBuf) -> Self

Create a parent directory entry (“..”)

This is used to display and navigate to the parent directory in file browsers. The path should be the actual parent path.

pub fn is_parent_entry(&self) -> bool

Check if this is a parent directory entry (“..”)

pub fn extension(&self) -> Option<&str>

Get the file extension if any

pub fn resolve_symlink(&self) -> Option<PathBuf>

Resolve symlink target. Returns None if not a symlink or broken/loop. Cost: One read_link syscall. Cache result if called repeatedly.

pub fn is_executable(&self) -> bool

Check if file is executable. Cost: Unix: stat() for mode bits. Windows: extension check (cheap).

pub fn is_symlink_broken(&self) -> bool

Detect broken symlink (target doesn’t exist). Cost: One stat() on target path.

pub fn is_symlink_loop(&self) -> bool

Detect symlink loop (circular reference). Cost: Path canonicalization.

pub fn category(&self) -> FileCategory

Get the file category for UI icons and grouping.

Resolution order:

1. If symlink → Symlink
2. If directory → Directory
3. If executable (Unix: +x, Windows: exe/bat/etc) → Executable
4. Otherwise → based on extension

Cost: May call is_executable() which does a stat() on Unix.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for FileEntry

fn clone(&self) -> FileEntry

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for FileEntry

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Hash for FileEntry

fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H)

Feeds this value into the given Hasher.

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H)

where H: Hasher, Self: Sized,

Feeds a slice of this type into the given Hasher.

impl PartialEq for FileEntry

fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Eq for FileEntry