if !opts.followDirSymlink && typ&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink && fi.IsDir() {
				continue
			}

			typ = fi.Mode() & os.ModeType
		}

		var nameStr string
		if typ.IsRegular() {
			nameStr = string(name)
		} else if typ.IsDir() {
			// Use temp buffer to append a slash to avoid string concat.
			tmp = tmp[:len(name)+1]
			copy(tmp, name)
			tmp[len(tmp)-1] = '/' // SlashSeparator

				metadata: metadata,
			}); err != nil {
				return err
			}
		} else {
			st, sterr := Lstat(pathJoin(volumeDir, opts.BaseDir, xlStorageFormatFile))
			if sterr == nil && st.Mode().IsRegular() {
				return errFileNotFound
			}
		}
	}

	prefix := opts.FilterPrefix
	var scanDir func(path string) error

	scanDir = func(current string) error {
		if contextCanceled(ctx) {

	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, false, err
	}
	for _, file := range files {
		// Ignore all
		// - regular files
		// - "CAs" directory
		// - any directory which starts with ".."
		if file.Mode().IsRegular() || file.Name() == "CAs" || strings.HasPrefix(file.Name(), "..") {
			continue
		}
		if file.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink {
			file, err = Stat(filepath.Join(root.Name(), file.Name()))
			if err != nil {

	return strings.TrimSpace(buffer.String())
}

// isFile - returns whether given path is a file or not.
func isFile(path string) bool {
	if fi, err := os.Stat(path); err == nil {
		return fi.Mode().IsRegular()
	}

	return false
}

// UTCNow - returns current UTC time.
func UTCNow() time.Time {
	return time.Now().UTC()
}

// GenETag - generate UUID based ETag
func GenETag() string {

	defer file.Close()

	st, err := file.Stat()
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}

	// Verify it is a regular file, otherwise subsequent Seek is
	// undefined.
	if !st.Mode().IsRegular() {
		return 0, errIsNotRegular
	}

	if verifier == nil {
		n, err = file.ReadAt(buffer, offset)
		return int64(n), err
	}

	h := verifier.algorithm.New()