From 1163f0e7be1400c7e2f80b5719114a7d1dc2cd36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meghan Denny <hello@nektro.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 22:39:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make File.Kind sys.DT

---
 Dir.zig  |  2 +-
 File.zig | 30 +++++++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Dir.zig b/Dir.zig
index d822b0222be3d2e29c439d2865ac9e0d4627c6e2..111166e5dc8f60cf3069a7eeb6167bc0212c453a 100644
--- a/Dir.zig
+++ b/Dir.zig
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn makePath(self: Dir, sub_path: [:0]const u8) !void {
                         error.EISDIR => break :check_dir,
                         else => |e| return e,
                     };
-                    if (fstat.kind() != .directory) return error.NotDir;
+                    if (fstat.kind() != .DIR) return error.NotDir;
                 }
             },
             error.ENOENT => |e| {
diff --git a/File.zig b/File.zig
index 6ca3eccc9e10a5f42af12215772f53f77c8f7034..b7319eb54e81964cbbf79d59c40c3a1e15fcb2b6 100644
--- a/File.zig
+++ b/File.zig
@@ -162,19 +162,20 @@ pub const Stat = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn kind(self: Stat) Kind {
+    pub fn kind(self: Stat) sys.DT {
         const m = self.mode & sys.S.IFMT;
         switch (m) {
-            sys.S.IFBLK => return .block_device,
-            sys.S.IFCHR => return .character_device,
-            sys.S.IFIFO => return .named_pipe,
-            sys.S.IFREG => return .file,
-            sys.S.IFDIR => return .directory,
-            sys.S.IFLNK => return .symlink,
-            sys.S.IFSOCK => return .unix_socket,
+            sys.S.IFBLK => return .BLK,
+            sys.S.IFCHR => return .CHR,
+            sys.S.IFIFO => return .FIFO,
+            sys.S.IFREG => return .REG,
+            sys.S.IFDIR => return .DIR,
+            sys.S.IFLNK => return .LNK,
+            sys.S.IFSOCK => return .SOCK,
+            sys.S.IFWHT => return .WHT,
             else => {},
         }
-        return .unknown;
+        return .UNKNOWN;
     }
 };
 
@@ -182,16 +183,7 @@ pub const INode = sys.ino_t;
 
 pub const Mode = sys.mode_t;
 
-pub const Kind = enum {
-    block_device,
-    character_device,
-    named_pipe,
-    file,
-    directory,
-    symlink,
-    unix_socket,
-    unknown,
-};
+pub const Kind = sys.DT;
 
 /// Maps entire file content into memory with a single syscall.
 /// Release with `nfs.munmap`.
-- 
2.54.0