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Load, into the specified `result`, the target of the symbolic link at the specified `path`. Return 0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise. For example, this function will return an error if `path` does not refer to a symbolic link. Windows directory junctions are treated as directory symbolic links. If `path` is a relative path, it is evaluated against the current working directory. The parameterized `STRING_TYPE` must be one of `bsl::string`, `std::string`, `std::pmr::string` (if supported), `bsl::string_view`, or `bslstl::StringRef`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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static
int
getSymbolicLinkTarget(
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* result,
    char const* path);
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