Java File Link isLink(File f)

Description

is Link

License

GNU General Public License

Declaration

public static boolean isLink(File f) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/* Original source code (c) 2013 C. Ivan Cooper. Licensed under GPLv3, see file COPYING for terms. */

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
    public static boolean isLink(File f) throws IOException {
        return Files.isSymbolicLink(Paths.get(f.getPath()));

        /*        if (f.getName().toUpperCase().endsWith(".LNK"))
        return true;/*from w  ww. j  a va2s . c o  m*/
            return ! (f.getAbsolutePath().equals(f.getCanonicalPath()));*/
        // this doesn't seem to work on relative paths
    }
}

Related

1. createRelativeSymlink(File link, File target, boolean relativize)
2. createSymbolicLink(@Nonnull File symlink, File target)
3. createSymbolicLink(File pTargetFile, File pLink)
4. followLinks(LinkOption... options)
5. getLinkOptions(boolean followLinks)
6. isSymbolicLink(File file)
7. isSymbolicLink(String file)
8. isSymlink(File file)
9. isSymLink(File file)