dest += pathSeparator
		}

		dest += path[start:end]

		// Resolve symlink.

		fi, err := os.Lstat(dest)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}

		if fi.Mode()&fs.ModeSymlink == 0 {
			if !fi.Mode().IsDir() && end < len(path) {
				return "", syscall.ENOTDIR
			}
			continue
		}

		// Found symlink.

		linksWalked++
		if linksWalked > 255 {

            def symlink = new File(baseDir, "symlink")
            def symlinked = new File(baseDir, "symlinked")
            def fileCollection = $code

            assert fileCollection.contains(file)
            assert fileCollection.contains(symlink)
            assert fileCollection.contains(symlinked)
            assert fileCollection.files == [file, symlink, symlinked] as Set

        directories*.source.unique() == ["SDKMAN!"]
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "supplies installations with symlinked candidate"() {
        given:
        def real = candidates.createDir("java/11.0.6.hs-adpt")
        def symlink = candidates.file("java/symlink").createLink(real)

        when:
        def directories = supplier.get()

        then:

        directories*.source.unique() == ["asdf-vm"]
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "supplies installations with symlinked candidate"() {
        given:
        def real = candidates.createDir("installs/java/11.0.6.hs-adpt")
        def symlink = candidates.file("installs/java/symlink").createLink(real)

        when:
        def directories = supplier.get()

        then:

jdk-with-symlinks.tar jdk-with-symlinks/bin jdk-with-symlinks/file jdk-with-symlinks/zulu-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/file Something here...

//
// The visible files in this volume are symlinks to files in the writer's data
// directory.  Actual files are stored in a hidden timestamped directory which
// is symlinked to by the data directory. The timestamped directory and
// data directory symlink are created in the writer's target dir.  This scheme
// allows the files to be atomically updated by changing the target of the
// data directory symlink.
//

        stat.length == 0
        assertSameAccessType(stat, VIA_SYMLINK)
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "stats symlink pointing to symlink pointing to file"() {
        def file = tmpDir.file("file")
        file.text = "123"
        def link = tmpDir.file("link")
        link.createLink(file)
        def linkToLink = tmpDir.file("linkToLink")
        linkToLink.createLink(link)

		// (per https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2013edition/basedefs/V1_chap04.html#tag_04_12):
		// symlinks before the last separator in the path must be resolved. Since
		// the last separator in this case follows the last path element, we should
		// follow symlinks in the last path element.
		followSurrogates = true
	}
	return stat("Lstat", name, followSurrogates)

        directories*.source.unique() == ["Common Linux Locations"]
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "supplies installations with symlinked candidate"() {
        given:
        def otherLocation = temporaryFolder.createDir("other")
        candidates.createDir("14-real")
        candidates.file("symlinked").createLink(otherLocation.canonicalFile)

		return &LinkError{"link", oldname, newname, err}
	}
	return nil
}

// Symlink creates newname as a symbolic link to oldname.
// On Windows, a symlink to a non-existent oldname creates a file symlink;
// if oldname is later created as a directory the symlink will not work.
// If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError.
func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error {
	// '/' does not work in link's content