# Function ethcore_util::standard::fs::symlink_metadata 1.1.0 [−] [src]

    pub fn symlink_metadata<P>(path: P) -> Result<Metadata, Error> where P: AsRef<Path>

Query the metadata about a file without following symlinks.

# Platform-specific behavior

This function currently corresponds to the `lstat` function on Unix and the `GetFileAttributesEx` function on Windows. Note that, this may change in the future.

# Errors

This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not limited to just these cases:

- The user lacks permissions to perform `metadata` call on `path`.
- `path` does not exist.

# Examples

    use std::fs;

    let attr = try!(fs::symlink_metadata("/some/file/path.txt"));
    // inspect attr ...

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