Checking If a Link and a Target Point to the Same File - Java File Path IO

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Description

Checking If a Link and a Target Point to the Same File

Demo Code

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path link = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("my");
    Path target = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("C:/folder1/photos",
        "test.jpg");

    try {//from w w  w  .  j  av a  2 s  .  c o m
      Files.createSymbolicLink(link, target);

      Path linkedpath = Files.readSymbolicLink(link);
      System.out.println(linkedpath.toString());
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }

  }
}

Result


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