[Mono-dev] Replacement for Mono.Unix.UnixFile.TryReadLink

[Paolo Molaro]

On 01/11/06 Jonathan Pryor wrote:
> > The behaviour of TryReadLink and
> > UnixSymbolicLinkInfo.ContentsPath seems to be the same. Wanted to
> > counter check if this is indeed the case.
> 
> Those aren't direct equivalents.  UnixSymbolicLinkInfo.ContentsPath is
> equivalent to UnixFile.ReadLink() -- it will throw an exception if there
> was an error reading the link.  UnixFile.TryReadLink() can be simulated:
> 
>         // 1.1.12 Code:
>         string target = UnixFile.TryReadLink ("sym-link");
>         
>         // 1.1.13 Code:
>         UnixSymbolicLinkInfo symlink = new UnixSymbolicLinkInfo ("sym-link");
>         string target = symlink.HasContents ? symlink.ContentsPath : null;

Why is the first method obsoleted, though? It's way clearer and likely
faster, too.

lupus

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