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Function std.file.getLinkAttributes

If the given file is a symbolic link, then this returns the attributes of the symbolic link itself rather than file that it points to. If the given file is not a symbolic link, then this function returns the same result as getAttributes.

uint getLinkAttributes(R) (
  R name
)
if (isSomeFiniteCharInputRange!R && !isConvertibleToString!R);

uint getLinkAttributes(R) (
  auto ref R name
)
if (isConvertibleToString!R);

On Windows, getLinkAttributes is identical to getAttributes. It exists on Windows so that you don't have to special-case code for Windows when dealing with symbolic links.

Parameters

NameDescription
name The file to get the symbolic link attributes of.

Returns

the attributes

Throws

FileException on error.

Example

import std.exception : assertThrown;

auto source = deleteme ~ "source";
auto target = deleteme ~ "target";

assert(!source.exists);
assertThrown!FileException(source.getLinkAttributes);

// symlinking isn't available on Windows
version (Posix)
{
    scope(exit) source.remove, target.remove;

    target.write("target");
    target.symlink(source);
    writeln(source.readText); // "target"
    assert(source.isSymlink);
    assert(source.getLinkAttributes.attrIsSymlink);
}

Example

if the file is no symlink, getLinkAttributes behaves like getAttributes 

import std.exception : assertThrown;

auto f = deleteme ~ "file";
scope(exit) f.remove;

assert(!f.exists);
assertThrown!FileException(f.getLinkAttributes);

f.write(".");
auto attributes = f.getLinkAttributes;
assert(!attributes.attrIsDir);
assert(attributes.attrIsFile);

Example

if the file is no symlink, getLinkAttributes behaves like getAttributes 

import std.exception : assertThrown;

auto dir = deleteme ~ "dir";
scope(exit) dir.rmdir;

assert(!dir.exists);
assertThrown!FileException(dir.getLinkAttributes);

dir.mkdir;
auto attributes = dir.getLinkAttributes;
assert(attributes.attrIsDir);
assert(!attributes.attrIsFile);

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.