Gets the destination of a symlink as a string.
See Also
Parameters
- path
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- buf
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- bufsiz
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Returns
The call returns the count of characters placed in the buffer if it succeeds, or a -1 if an error occurs, placing the error code in the global variable Stdlib.GetLastError .
Usage
The readlink() system call will fail if:
Error Details Errno.ENOTDIR A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
Errno.ENAMETOOLONG A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
Errno.ENOENT The named file does not exist.
Errno.EACCES Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
Errno.ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
Errno.EINVAL The named file is not a symbolic link.
Errno.EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system.
Errno.EFAULT The buf argument extends outside the process's allocated address space.
Remarks
The readlink() system call places the contents of the symbolic link path in the buffer buf , which has size bufsiz . The readlink() system call does not append a null character to buf .
Requirements
Namespace: Mono.Unix.Native
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0