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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.

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.

Prototype

uint getLinkAttributes(
  const(char[]) name
) @safe;

Parameters

Name	Description
name	The file to get the symbolic link attributes of.

Throws

FileException on error.

Authors

Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu, Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.