resolveSymbolicLinksSync method
Resolves the path of a file system object relative to the current working directory.
Resolves all symbolic links on the path and resolves all .. and . path
segments.
resolveSymbolicLinksSync uses the operating system's native
file system API to resolve the path, using the realpath function
on linux and OS X, and the GetFinalPathNameByHandle function on
Windows. If the path does not point to an existing file system object,
resolveSymbolicLinksSync throws a FileSystemException.
On Windows the .. segments are resolved before resolving the symbolic
link, and on other platforms the symbolic links are resolved to their
target before applying a .. that follows.
To ensure the same behavior on all platforms resolve .. segments before
calling resolveSymbolicLinksSync. One way of doing this is with the Uri
class:
var path = Uri.parse('.').resolveUri(Uri.file(input)).toFilePath();
if (path == '') path = '.';
var resolved = File(path).resolveSymbolicLinksSync();
print(resolved);
since Uri.resolve removes .. segments. This will result in the Windows
behavior.
On Windows, a symbolic link is created as either a file link or a directory link. Attempting to resolve such a symbolic link requires the link type to match the type of the file system object that it points to, otherwise it throws a PathAccessException.
Implementation
@override
String resolveSymbolicLinksSync() {
throw UnimplementedError();
}