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 = string(backend);
end


r = string.empty;

for b = backend
  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

Published with MATLAB® R2025a