C++

Get the Target of a Symbolic Link

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a symbolic link.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

C++

#include <CkFileAccess.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkFileAccess fac;

    const char *targetPath = fac.symlinkTarget("qa_data/my_symlink");
    if (fac.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        std::cout << "Failed to get symlink target." << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "target path = " << targetPath << "\r\n";
    }