file-link-p Function

Summary

Determines whether a pathname is a symbolic link.

Package

hcl

Signature

file-link-p pathname => link-p

Arguments

pathname⇩

A pathname designator.

Values

link-p

A boolean.

Description

The function file-link-p returns t if the path specifies by pathname is a symbolic link in the filesystem and nil otherwise.

Notes

On Windows, file-link-p always returns nil.

See also

directory
file-directory-p