1.1.0[−][src]Function boolean_enums::lstd::fs::symlink_metadata
pub fn symlink_metadata<P>(path: P) -> Result<Metadata, Error> where
P: AsRef<Path>,
Query the metadata about a file without following symlinks.
Platform-specific behavior
This function currently corresponds to the lstat
function on Unix
and the GetFileAttributesEx
function on Windows.
Note that, this may change in the future.
Errors
This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not limited to just these cases:
- The user lacks permissions to perform
metadata
call onpath
. path
does not exist.
Examples
use std::fs; fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { let attr = fs::symlink_metadata("/some/file/path.txt")?; // inspect attr ... Ok(()) }