Java File Link readSymlinkTarget(File file)

Description

read Symlink Target

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String readSymlinkTarget(File file) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w ww . ja v a 2s  .co m
 * Syncany, www.syncany.org
 * Copyright (C) 2011-2015 Philipp C. Heckel <philipp.heckel@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.file.Files;

import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class Main {
    public static String readSymlinkTarget(File file) {
        try {
            return Files.readSymbolicLink(Paths.get(file.getAbsolutePath())).toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. isSymLink(File file)
2. isSymlink(final File file)
3. isSymlinkJava7(@Nonnull File file)
4. makeSymLink(File target, File destination)
5. readSymbolicLink(@Nonnull File symlink)
6. resolveSymbolicLink(File file)
7. sanitizeUrl(String link)
8. textLinksInBytes()