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| author | Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io> | 2022-03-03 17:05:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org> | 2022-03-15 22:48:53 +0000 |
| commit | 81fb7d49d71e7359049845da08352d6b4e0f196a (patch) | |
| tree | fb5774ff8b6b2edec112a1c2ff2230c0f143cb5c /src | |
| parent | 149c5c6f707e53b3d99f36c39086787b610a8d63 (diff) | |
| download | qtbase-81fb7d49d71e7359049845da08352d6b4e0f196a.tar.gz | |
Update QFileInfo docs to mention macOS aliases
The LegacyLinkType reflected by isSymLink() includes
QFileSystemMetaData::AliasType.
Change-Id: I98c84573f7f05d6d183b6ce1e22fc7424ed8e730
Reviewed-by: Volker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io>
(cherry picked from commit b5144d272293c2c6f135f9446df61011852c1cf6)
Reviewed-by: Qt Cherry-pick Bot <cherrypick_bot@qt-project.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp index c059508c9a..257e7688d6 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qfileinfo.cpp @@ -1069,8 +1069,8 @@ bool QFileInfo::isBundle() const } /*! - Returns \c true if this object points to a symbolic link or shortcut; - otherwise returns \c false. + Returns \c true if this object points to a symbolic link, shortcut, + or alias; otherwise returns \c false. Symbolic links exist on Unix (including \macos and iOS) and Windows and are typically created by the \c{ln -s} or \c{mklink} commands, @@ -1078,8 +1078,9 @@ bool QFileInfo::isBundle() const the \l{symLinkTarget()}{link's target}. In addition, true will be returned for shortcuts (\c *.lnk files) on - Windows. This behavior is deprecated and will likely change in a future - version of Qt. Opening those will open the \c .lnk file itself. + Windows, and aliases on \macos. This behavior is deprecated and will + likely change in a future version of Qt. Opening a shortcut or alias + will open the \c .lnk or alias file itself. Example: @@ -1111,7 +1112,8 @@ bool QFileInfo::isSymLink() const opens the \l{symLinkTarget()}{link's target}. In contrast to isSymLink(), false will be returned for shortcuts - (\c *.lnk files) on Windows. Use QFileInfo::isShortcut() instead. + (\c *.lnk files) on Windows and aliases on \macos. + Use QFileInfo::isShortcut() on Windows instead. \note If the symlink points to a non existing file, exists() returns false. |