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std::experimental::filesystem::read_symlink

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Defined in header <experimental/filesystem>
path read_symlink( const path& p );
path read_symlink( const path& p, error_code& ec );
(filesystem TS)

If the path p refers to a symbolic link, returns a new path object which refers to the target of that symbolic link.

It is an error if p does not refer to a symbolic link.

The non-throwing overload returns an empty path on errors.

Contents

[edit] Parameters

p - path to a symlink
ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

[edit] Return value

The target of the symlink (which may not necessarily exist).

[edit] Exceptions

The overload that does not take an error_code& parameter throws filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first argument and the OS error code as the error code argument. std::bad_alloc may be thrown if memory allocation fails. The overload taking an error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. This overload has
noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  

[edit] Example

#include <experimental/filesystem>
#include <iostream>
namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
 
int main()
{
    // on a typical Linux system, /lib/libc.so.6 is a symlink
    fs::path p = "/lib/libc.so.6";
    if (exists(p) && is_symlink(p))
        std::cout << p << " -> " << read_symlink(p) << '\n';
    else
        std::cout << p << " does not exist or is not a symlink\n";
}

Possible output:

"/lib/libc.so.6" -> "libc-2.12.so"

[edit] See also

checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link
(function) [edit]
creates a symbolic link
(function) [edit]
copies a symbolic link
(function) [edit]
determines file attributes
determines file attributes, checking the symlink target
(function) [edit]