[−][src]Function async_std::fs::symlink_metadata

pub async fn symlink_metadata<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Metadata>

Queries the metadata for a path without following symlinks.

This function is an async version of std::fs::symlink_metadata.

Errors

An error will be returned in the following situations (not an exhaustive list):

  • path does not exist.
  • The current process lacks permissions to query metadata for path.

Examples

use async_std::fs;

let perm = fs::symlink_metadata("a.txt").await?.permissions();