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

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_filesystemutil.h>`

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template<class STRING_TYPE>
static
int
getSymbolicLinkTarget(
    xref:bsl/string.adoc[bsl::string]* result,
    STRING_TYPE const& path);
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== Description

Same as `getSymbolicLinkTarget(bsl::string *, const char *)`, but accepts a `STRING_TYPE` path.

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non‐zero value otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *result*
| receives the symbolic‐link target
| *path*
| filesystem path of the symbolic link
|===


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