std::filesystem::directory_entry::is_symlink (3) - Linux Manuals

std::filesystem::directory_entry::is_symlink: std::filesystem::directory_entry::is_symlink

NAME

std::filesystem::directory_entry::is_symlink - std::filesystem::directory_entry::is_symlink

Synopsis


bool is_symlink() const; (since C++17)
bool is_symlink( std::error_code& ec ) const noexcept;


Checks whether the pointed-to object is a symlink. Effectively returns std::filesystem::is_symlink(symlink_status()) or std::filesystem::is_symlink(symlink_status(ec)), respectively

Parameters


ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

Return value


true if the referred-to filesystem object is a symlink, false otherwise.

Exceptions


The overload that does not take a std::error_code& parameter throws filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument. The overload taking a std::error_code& parameter sets it to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur. Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

Example


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See also


is_symlink checks whether the argument refers to a symbolic link
           (function)
(C++17)