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`isSymbolicLink` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bdls&lowbar;filesystemutil&period;h&gt;`

Return `true` if there currently exists a symbolic link at the specified `path`, and `false` otherwise&period; Windows directory junctions are treated as directory symbolic links&period; The parameterized `STRING&lowbar;TYPE` must be one of `bsl&colon;&colon;string`, `std&colon;&colon;string`, `std&colon;&colon;pmr&colon;&colon;string` (if supported), `bsl&colon;&colon;string&lowbar;view`, or `bslstl&colon;&colon;StringRef`&period;


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static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/isSymbolicLink-01.adoc[isSymbolicLink](char const* path);
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Same as the overload taking `const char &ast;`&period;


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template&lt;class STRING&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
static
bool
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/isSymbolicLink-06.adoc[isSymbolicLink](STRING&lowbar;TYPE const& path);
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