Java Is Symbolic Link isSymlink(final String path)

Description

is Symlink

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static boolean isSymlink(final String path) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

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

public class Main {
    public static boolean isSymlink(final String path) throws IOException {
        final File file = new File(path);
        final File fileInCanonicalDir;

        if (file.getParent() == null) {
            fileInCanonicalDir = file;/*from   www .j  av  a2s . com*/
        } else {
            fileInCanonicalDir = new File(file.getParentFile().getCanonicalFile(), file.getName());
        }

        final File canonicalFile = fileInCanonicalDir.getCanonicalFile();
        final File absoluteFile = fileInCanonicalDir.getAbsoluteFile();
        return !canonicalFile.equals(absoluteFile);
    }
}

Related

1. isSymlink(File file)
2. isSymlink(File file)
3. isSymlink(File file)
4. isSymLink(File symlinkFile)
5. isSymlink(final File file)