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Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


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static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-06.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* result,
    char const* path);
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[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-06.adoc[_» more..._]#

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-05.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    std::pmr::string* result,
    char const* path);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-05.adoc[_» more..._]#

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-049.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    std::string* result,
    char const* path);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-049.adoc[_» more..._]#

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class STRING_TYPE>
static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-0fc.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* result,
    STRING_TYPE const& path);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-0fc.adoc[_» more..._]#

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class STRING_TYPE>
static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-0b.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    std::pmr::string* result,
    STRING_TYPE const& path);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-0b.adoc[_» more..._]#

Load into `result` the target of the symbolic link at `path`.


[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<class STRING_TYPE>
static
int
xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-042.adoc[getSymbolicLinkTarget](
    std::string* result,
    STRING_TYPE const& path);
----

[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/bdls/FilesystemUtil/getSymbolicLinkTarget-042.adoc[_» more..._]#

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *result*
| receives the symbolic‐link target
| *path*
| filesystem path of the symbolic link
|===


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