Function symlink_metadata 

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

Queries the metadata about a file without following symlinks.

This function will return the Metadata of the exact path without traversing symbolic links to a resolved destination file. Using this function on a path that is a file or directory (not a symbolic link) will behave the same as metadata.

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(())
}