stat.S_ISLNK()
stat.S_ISLNK() is a Python function in the Stat Module category. Returns True if the file mode indicates a symbolic link. The syntax is stat.S_ISLNK(mode). Returns: Boolean. A typical example: stat.S_ISLNK(os.stat("link.txt").st_mode) # True if symlink. A close sibling is stat.S_ISDIR(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a directory. A close sibling is stat.S_ISREG(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a regular file. A close sibling is stat.S_ISFIFO(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a FIFO (named pipe). A close sibling is stat.S_ISSOCK(), which returns True if the file mode indicates a Unix socket. More about this category: File stat constants — S_ISDIR, S_ISREG, S_IMODE, S_IFMT. Related Stat Module entries: stat.S_ISDIR(), stat.S_ISREG(), stat.S_ISFIFO(), stat.S_ISSOCK(), stat.S_IMODE(), stat.S_IFMT(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.