# love.filesystem.isSymlink

Available since LÖVE 0.9.2
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Gets whether a filepath is actually a symbolic link.

If symbolic links are not enabled (via love.filesystem.setSymlinksEnabled), this function will always return false.

## Function

### Synopsis

    symlink = love.filesystem.isSymlink( path )

### Arguments

`string path`
  The file or directory path to check.

### Returns

`boolean symlink`
  True if the path is a symbolic link, false otherwise.

## See Also

- love.filesystem
- love.filesystem.setSymlinksEnabled
- love.filesystem.areSymlinksEnabled

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Category:

- Functions