fluentfs.filelike.sym_link.SymLink

class fluentfs.filelike.sym_link.SymLink(path: str, expand_user: bool = True, expand_vars: bool = True)

Bases: FileLike

__init__(path: str, expand_user: bool = True, expand_vars: bool = True) → None

Methods

__init__(path[, expand_user, expand_vars])

Attributes

final_target	The final target of this symbolic link.
name
path	The maximally expanded path of the file-like object.
relative_path
relpath
target	The immediate target of this symbolic link.

property final_target: Union[File, Dir]

The final target of this symbolic link.

For example if you have a symbolic link c.txt pointing to b.txt, which in turn points to a.txt, then this property will return a.txt and NOT b.txt.

property path: str

The maximally expanded path of the file-like object.

property target: FileLike

The immediate target of this symbolic link.

For example if you have a symbolic link c.txt pointing to b.txt, which in turn points to a.txt, then this property will return b.txt and NOT a.txt.