Value

A string containing the target of this symbolic link. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName is not a symbolic link. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EINVAL] [Edit]
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	A component of UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName is not a directory. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOTDIR] [Edit]
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	UnixFileSystemInfo.FullName [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENOENT] [Edit]
System.IO.IOException	An I/O error occurred while reading from the file system. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EIO] [Edit]
System.IO.PathTooLongException	A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ENAMETOOLONG] [Edit]
Mono.Unix.UnixIOException	Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.EACCES] -or- Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. [Mono.Unix.Native.Errno.ELOOP] [Edit]

Remarks

Note: The target may in turn be a symbolic link (nothing prevents symbolic links from referencing other symbolic links). To get the actual target, use UnixPath.GetRealPath or UnixPath.GetCompleteRealPath.

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Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Unix
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0