Function status_impl

src/operations.cpp:1797–1821

status() implementation

//! status() implementation
fs::file_status status_impl(path const& p, error_code* ec)
{
    // We should first test if the file is a symlink or a reparse point. Resolving some reparse
    // points by opening the file may fail, and status() should return file_status(reparse_file) in this case.
    // Which is what symlink_status() returns.
    fs::file_status st(detail::symlink_status_impl(p, ec));
    if (st.type() == symlink_file)
    {
        // Resolve the symlink
        unique_handle h(create_file_handle(
            p.c_str(),
            FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES | FILE_READ_EA, // see the comment in symlink_status_impl re. access mode
            FILE_SHARE_DELETE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
            nullptr, // lpSecurityAttributes
            OPEN_EXISTING,
            FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS));

        if (!h)
            return process_status_failure(p, ec);

        st = detail::status_by_handle(h.get(), p, ec);
    }

    return st;
}

namespace {