symbolic-link? ( path/info -- ? )
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Vocabulary
io.files.info

Inputs

path/info

a pathname string or a file-info-tuple

Outputs

?

a boolean

Word description
Tests if path/info is a symbolic link. Unlike other type predicates in this vocabulary, does not dereference links when passed a path, so it is possible for both this and another type predicate to be true for the same path.

Definition

USING: accessors io.files.info.private io.files.types kernel ;

IN: io.files.info

: symbolic-link? ( path/info -- ? )
    [ >link-info type>> +symbolic-link+ = ] ?call ;