VIFM check if a "path" is file or dir path and conditional syntax? using `filetype()`

Question

It's basically a file/dir cder with fzf I'm trying to make the last conditional part working that checks wether the fzf picked output is a file or a dir and use the command cd OR goto accordinglly

Here's the code:

command! FZFCd : set noquickview
                \| let $FZF_PICK = term('fd --type directory | fzf-tmux --ansi 
                \  --bind "start:transform-header(echo ${Cwd})+execute-silent(echo "$Cwd" | tee /tmp/fpicker-dir)" 
                \  --bind "ctrl-r:transform([[ -n {q} ]] && echo \"execute-silent(echo {q} | tee /tmp/fpicker-dir)\" || echo \"execute-silent(echo ${Cwd} | tee /tmp/fpicker-dir)\")+transform-query(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform:[[ {fzf:prompt} =~ Files ]] &&
                \  echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type file . {q})+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+change-query()\" ||
                \  echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type directory . {q})+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+change-query()\"" 
                \  --bind "ctrl-e:execute-silent(echo \"/\" > /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform:[[ {fzf:prompt} =~ Files ]] &&
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type file . \"/\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\" ||
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type directory . \"/\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\"" 
                \  --bind "ctrl-d:execute-silent(echo \"/home/pong/\" > /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform:[[ {fzf:prompt} =~ Files ]] &&
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type file . \"/home/pong/.config\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\" ||
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type directory . \"/home/pong/.config\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\"" 
                \  --bind "ctrl-b:execute-silent(echo \"$Cwd\" > /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform:[[ {fzf:prompt} =~ Files ]] &&
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type file . \"/home/pong/.config\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\" ||
                \    echo \"reload(fd --hidden --type directory . \"/home/pong/.config\")+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)\"" 
                \  --bind "ctrl-t:transform(echo {fzf:query} > /tmp/fzf-q)+transform-query(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform:[[ ! {fzf:prompt} =~ Files ]] && 
                \    echo \"change-prompt(Files >)+reload(fd --hidden --type file . {q})+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-query(cat /tmp/fzf-q)\" ||
                \    echo \"change-prompt(Dirs  >)+reload(fd --hidden --type directory . {q})+transform-header(cat /tmp/fpicker-dir)+transform-query(cat /tmp/fzf-q)\"" 
                \  --preview "[[ \$FZF_PROMPT =~ Files ]] && bat --color=always {} || tree -C {}" 
                \  --header "My new header"
                \  --prompt "Dirs  >" 
                \  --border "rounded" 
                \  --border-label "CD Tool"')
                \| if filetype('$FZF_PICK') == "dir"
                \|     echo "Its a dir!"
                \|     execute 'cd' fnameescape($FZF_PICK)
                \| else 
                \|     echo "Its a file!"
                \|     execute 'goto' fnameescape($FZF_PICK)
                \| endif

Answer 1

filetype() doesn't accept a path, it only handles indices in file view (maybe it should handle paths though). You need to use shell for this as in:

if system('[ -d "$FZF_PICK" ] && echo dir') == 'dir'

Comments

Ah yeah that just did the job! didn't notice system() in vifm's manual and all words language and terminologies are so mixed up it's almost always confusing!
Thank you very much for the help!

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In the next version (v0.14), filetype() will accept paths.