Java Is Symbolic Link isSymlink(File file)

Description

is Symlink

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isSymlink(File file) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from w w w  . jav a2  s  .c o  m*/
 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    public static boolean isSymlink(File file) throws IOException {
        String baseName = file.getName();
        String canonicalPathExceptBaseName = new File(file.getParentFile().getCanonicalFile(), baseName).getPath();
        return !file.getCanonicalPath().equals(canonicalPathExceptBaseName);
    }
}

Related

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