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Function `std.file.readLink`

This function is Posix-Only.


						
				string readLink(R)
				(
				

				  R link
				

				)
				

				if (isInputRange!R && !isInfinite!R && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!R) || isConvertibleToString!R);
				

				

				string readLink(R)
				(
				

				  R link
				

				)
				

				if (isInputRange!R && !isInfinite!R && isSomeChar!(ElementEncodingType!R) || isConvertibleToString!R);

Returns the path to the file pointed to by a symlink. Note that the path could be either relative or absolute depending on the symlink. If the path is relative, it's relative to the symlink, not the current working directory.

Throws

FileException on error.

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.