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| -rw-r--r-- | library/std/src/path.rs | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/path.rs b/library/std/src/path.rs index a5b73c2580b..4a0df915212 100644 --- a/library/std/src/path.rs +++ b/library/std/src/path.rs @@ -2743,6 +2743,12 @@ impl Path { /// assert_eq!(link_path.is_symlink(), true); /// assert_eq!(link_path.exists(), false); /// ``` + /// + /// # See Also + /// + /// This is a convenience function that coerces errors to false. If you want to + /// check errors, call [`fs::symlink_metadata`] and handle its [`Result`]. Then call + /// [`fs::Metadata::is_symlink`] if it was [`Ok`]. #[stable(feature = "is_symlink", since = "1.57.0")] pub fn is_symlink(&self) -> bool { fs::symlink_metadata(self).map(|m| m.is_symlink()).unwrap_or(false) |