Check not existance without following the symbolic links in Java
Description
The following code shows how to check not existance without following the symbolic links.
Example
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
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public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("/home/docs/users.txt");
System.out.println(Files.notExists(path, LinkOption.NOFOLLOW_LINKS));
}
}
The code above generates the following result.