expect:
        fs.chmod(tmpDir.createFile("someFile"), 0644)
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "can create symlink on platforms that support symlinks"() {
        def target = tmpDir.createFile("target.txt")
        def link = tmpDir.file("link.txt")

        when:
        fs.createSymbolicLink(link, target)

        then:

    @Shared TestFile file = baseDir.file("file")
    @Shared TestFile symlink = baseDir.file("symlink")
    @Shared TestFile symlinked = baseDir.file("symlinked")

    def setupSpec() {
        file.text = 'some contents'
        symlinked.text = 'target of symlink'
        symlink.createLink(symlinked)
    }

    def "#desc can handle symlinks"() {
        expect:
        fileCollection.contains(file)

		var typ os.FileMode // regular file
		switch {
		case data.FileAttributes&syscall.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT != 0:
			// Reparse point is a symlink
			fi, err := os.Stat(pathJoin(dirPath, name))
			if err != nil {
				// It got deleted in the meantime, not found
				// or returns too many symlinks ignore this
				// file/directory.
				if osIsNotExist(err) || isSysErrPathNotFound(err) ||
					isSysErrTooManySymlinks(err) {
					continue

    private TestFile keep
    private TestFile subject
    private TestFile remove
    private TestFile link

    def setup() {
        NativeServicesTestFixture.initialize();
    }

    def "will not follow symlinks"() {
        given:
        setupSymlinks()

        and:
        buildFile << '''
            task delete(type: Delete) {
                delete 'test/subject'
                followSymlinks = false

        // the symlink is watched between builds.
        linkdir.file("existing").createFile()
        buildFile << """
    task echo {
        def symlink = file("${symlink.toURI()}")
        inputs.files symlink
        inputs.files "src/linkdir/existing"
        outputs.file "build/outputs"
        doLast {
            println "text: " + (symlink.exists() ? symlink.text:"missing")
        }
    }

        delete.getTargetFiles().getFiles() == getProject().files(delete.getDelete()).getFiles()
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "can follow symlinks"() {
        given:
        def keepTxt = temporaryFolder.createFile("originalDir", "keep.txt")
        def originalDir = keepTxt.getParentFile()

env GO111MODULE=on
[!symlink] skip

symlink dir.go -> dir

# Issue #39841: symlinks to directories should be ignored, not treated as source files.
go list -f '{{range .GoFiles}}{{.}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' .
stdout 'p\.go$'
! stdout 'dir\.go$'

-- go.mod --
module example.com
go 1.15
-- p.go --
package p
-- dir/README.txt --

     * {@link org.gradle.internal.file.FileType#Missing}.
     * <p>
     * Such cases include:
     * <ul>
     *     <li>actual missing files</li>
     *     <li>broken symlinks</li>
     *     <li>circular symlinks</li>
     *     <li>named pipes</li>
     * </ul>
     */
    FileMetadata stat(File f);

     *
     * If we have a symlink situation like `symlink1` -> `symlink2` -> `target`,
     * then the metadata for `symlink1` will have an access type {@link AccessType#VIA_SYMLINK}
     * and the metadata of `target`, i.e. the accessor will resolve transitive symlinks.
     *
     * If the directory `symlinkedDir` -> `targetDir` is a symlink, then the

    /**
     * @return the paths to be deleted.
     */
    Object[] getPaths();

    /**
     * Returns whether or not deletion will follow symlinks.
     *
     * @return whether or not deletion follows symlinks.
     */
    boolean isFollowSymlinks();