READ_SYMLINK read symbolic link

empty string if path is not a symlink always of string class in Matlab

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function [r, b] = read_symlink(file, backend)
if nargin < 2
  backend = {'native', 'java', 'python', 'dotnet', 'sys'};
else
  backend = cellstr(backend);
end


r = string.empty;

for j = 1:numel(backend)
  b = backend{j};
  switch b
    case 'java'
      r = stdlib.java.read_symlink(file);
    case 'native'
      r = stdlib.native.read_symlink(file);
    case 'dotnet'
      r = stdlib.dotnet.read_symlink(file);
    case 'python'
      if stdlib.matlabOlderThan('R2022a'), continue, end
      r = stdlib.python.read_symlink(file);
    case 'sys'
      r = stdlib.sys.read_symlink(file);
    otherwise
      error('stdlib:read_symlink:ValueError', 'Unknown backend: %s', b)
  end

  if ~isempty(r)
    return
  end
end

end

%!test
%! pkg load tablicious
%!assert (isempty(stdlib.read_symlink('.')))

Published with MATLAB® R2025b