issymlink

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Tests whether a given path is a symbolic link

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C file files filesystem link POSIX symbolicLink symlink 
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#include <sys/stat.h>

/* Returns 1 if the path is a symlink, 0 if it's not, and -1 on error */
int issymlink(const char* path) {
 struct stat dat;
 return lstat(path, &dat) == 0 ? S_ISLNK(dat.st_mode) : -1;
}