Is there a way to tell using C# if a file is real or a symbolic link?
I've dug through the MSDN W32 docs, and can't find anything for checking this. I'm using CreateSymbolicLink from here, and it's working fine.
A simple way to see the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link is through a simple example. A hard link to a file will point to the place where the file is stored, or the inode of that file. A symbolic link will point to the actual file itself.
islink() method in Python is used to check whether the given path represents an existing directory entry that is a symbolic link or not. Note: If symbolic links are not supported by the Python runtime then os. path. islink() method always returns False.
Symbolic links are different from hard links. Hard links do not link paths on different volumes or file systems, whereas symbolic links may point to any file or directory irrespective of the volumes on which the link and target reside.
private bool IsSymbolic(string path) { FileInfo pathInfo = new FileInfo(path); return pathInfo.Attributes.HasFlag(FileAttributes.ReparsePoint); }
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