Files.IsSymbolicLink(IPath) Method
Definition
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Tests whether a file is a symbolic link.
[Android.Runtime.Register("isSymbolicLink", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Z", "", ApiSince=26)]
public static bool IsSymbolicLink (Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath? path);[<Android.Runtime.Register("isSymbolicLink", "(Ljava/nio/file/Path;)Z", "", ApiSince=26)>]
static member IsSymbolicLink : Java.Nio.FileNio.IPath -> boolParameters
- path
- IPath
The path to the file
Returns
true if the file is a symbolic link; false if
the file does not exist, is not a symbolic link, or it cannot
be determined if the file is a symbolic link or not.
- Attributes
Remarks
Tests whether a file is a symbolic link.
Where it is required to distinguish an I/O exception from the case that the file is not a symbolic link then the file attributes can be read with the #readAttributes(Path,Class,LinkOption[]) readAttributes method and the file type tested with the BasicFileAttributes#isSymbolicLink method.
Java documentation for java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(java.nio.file.Path).
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