Java Is Symbolic Link isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name)

Description

is Symbolic Link

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static boolean isSymbolicLink(File parent, String name) throws IOException {
        if (parent == null) {
            File f = new File(name);
            parent = f.getParentFile();
            name = f.getName();
        }
        File toTest = new File(parent.getCanonicalPath(), name);
        return !toTest.getAbsolutePath().equals(toTest.getCanonicalPath());
    }

    public static String getCanonicalPath(File workDir) {
        try {
            return workDir.getCanonicalPath();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
}

Related

1. isSymbolicLink(File file)
2. isSymbolicLink(File file)
3. isSymbolicLink(File file)
4. isSymbolicLink(File file)
5. isSymlink(File base, File curious)
6. isSymLink(File file)
7. isSymlink(File file)
8. isSymlink(File file)