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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.

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require 'chilkat'

fac = Chilkat::CkFileAccess.new()

targetPath = fac.symlinkTarget("qa_data/my_symlink")
if (fac.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print "Failed to get symlink target." + "\n";
    exit
end

print "target path = " + targetPath + "\n";