Unicode 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.

Unicode C++

#include <CkFileAccessW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkFileAccessW fac;

    const wchar_t *targetPath = fac.symlinkTarget(L"qa_data/my_symlink");
    if (fac.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to get symlink target.\n");
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"target path = %s\n",targetPath);
    }