[Boost-users] [filesystem] obtaining the symlink target

From: Matthias Vallentin (vallentin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-05 03:43:53

Hi folks,

I could not find a function to obtain the target from a symlink. Does
such a function exist in boost::filesystem?

For example, when traversing a directory, after knowing that

     is_symlink(it->status())

is true, it would be handy to extract the link target, not only the name
of the symlink itself.

     Matthias
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