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Return whether this handler's file descriptor refers to a regular file.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_fdstreambuf.h>`

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bool
isRegularFile() const;
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== Description

Return `true` if the file descriptor associated with this file handler is associated with a regular file and `false` otherwise. Note that directories and pipes are not regular files.

== Return Value

`true` if the associated descriptor is a regular file, and `false` otherwise


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