checkDeviceType.go

package main

import "fmt"
import "golang.org/x/sys/unix"

func DeviceFromPath(path string) {
	var stat unix.Stat_t
	err := unix.Lstat(path, &stat)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
	}

	var mode = stat.Mode

	switch mode & unix.S_IFMT {
	case unix.S_IFCHR:
		fmt.Println("CharDevice")
	case unix.S_IFLNK:
		fmt.Println("linkDevice")
	default:
		fmt.Println("vim-go")
	}
}

func main() {
	DeviceFromPath("/dev/zero")
	DeviceFromPath("/dev/core")
}