# Function std::fs::symlink_metadata

1.1.0 · source ·

    pub fn symlink_metadata<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Metadata>

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Query the metadata about a file without following symlinks.

## Platform-specific behavior

This function currently corresponds to the `lstat` function on Unix and the `GetFileInformationByHandle` function on Windows. Note that, this may change in the future.

## Errors

This function will return an error in the following situations, but is not limited to just these cases:

- The user lacks permissions to perform `metadata` call on `path`.
- `path` does not exist.

## Examples

    use std::fs;

    fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
        let attr = fs::symlink_metadata("/some/file/path.txt")?;
        // inspect attr ...
        Ok(())
    }

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