Java I/O How to - Check if a path is symbolic link

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Question

We would like to know how to check if a path is symbolic link.

Answer

/*from w ww.  j av a2s.  c  o m*/
import java.net.URI;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Path path1 = Paths.get("/home/docs/users.txt");
    Path path2 = Paths.get("/home/music/users.txt");

    System.out.println(Files.isSymbolicLink(path1));
    System.out.println(Files.isSymbolicLink(path2));


  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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