File handle represents a directory.
File is a mountable location.
File handle represents a regular file.
File is a shortcut (Windows systems).
File is a "special" file, such as a socket, fifo, block device, or character device.
File handle represents a symbolic link (Unix systems).
File's type is unknown.
Indicates the file's on-disk type.
On Windows systems a file will never have %G_FILE_TYPE_SYMBOLIC_LINK type; use #GFileInfo and %G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_IS_SYMLINK to determine whether a file is a symlink or not. This is due to the fact that NTFS does not have a single filesystem object type for symbolic links - it has files that symlink to files, and directories that symlink to directories. #GFileType enumeration cannot precisely represent this important distinction, which is why all Windows symlinks will continue to be reported as %G_FILE_TYPE_REGULAR or %G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY.