/// <summary> /// Returns the full path to the target of this symbolic link. /// </summary> /// <param name="it">The symbolic link in question.</param> /// <returns>The path to the target of the symbolic link.</returns> /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">If the file in question is not a symbolic link.</exception> public static string GetSymbolicLinkTarget(this FileInfo it) { if (!it.IsSymbolicLink()) { throw new ArgumentException("file specified is not a symbolic link."); } return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(it.FullName)); }
/// <summary> /// Returns the full path to the target of this symbolic link. /// </summary> /// <param name="directoryInfo">The symbolic link in question.</param> /// <returns>The path to the target of the symbolic link.</returns> /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">If the directory in question is not a symbolic link.</exception> public static string GetSymbolicLinkTarget(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo) { if (!directoryInfo.IsSymbolicLink()) { throw new ArgumentException("Specified directory is not a symbolic link."); } return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(directoryInfo.FullName)); }
/// <summary> /// Determines whether this file is a symbolic link. /// </summary> /// <param name="it">the file in question.</param> /// <returns><code>true</code> if the file is, indeed, a symbolic link, <code>false</code> otherwise.</returns> public static bool IsSymbolicLink(this FileInfo it) { return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(it.FullName) != null); }
/// <summary> /// Determines whether this directory is a symbolic link. /// </summary> /// <param name="directoryInfo">the directory in question.</param> /// <returns><code>true</code> if the directory is, indeed, a symbolic link, <code>false</code> otherwise.</returns> public static bool IsSymbolicLink(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo) { return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(directoryInfo.FullName) != null); }