* {@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();

# Construct a fake GOROOT in $WORK/lib/goroot whose src directory is a symlink
# to a subdirectory of $WORK/share. This mimics the directory structure reported
# in https://go.dev/issue/57754.
#
# Symlink everything else to the original $GOROOT to avoid needless copying work.

mkdir $WORK/lib/goroot
mkdir $WORK/share/goroot
symlink $WORK/share/goroot/src -> $GOROOT${/}src
symlink $WORK/lib/goroot/src -> ../../share/goroot/src

	// symlinks. Note that the function makes sure that it creates the directory
	// somewhere under the base, nothing else. E.g. if the directory already
	// exists, it may exist outside of the base due to symlinks.
	// This method should be used if the directory to create is inside volume
	// that's under user control. User must not be able to use symlinks to

    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "normalizes path which points to a link to something that does not exist"() {
        def file = new File(tmpDir.testDirectory, 'a/other.txt')
        createLink(file, 'unknown.txt')
        assert !file.exists() && !file.file

        expect:
        normalize(file) == file
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)

            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

     * hierarchy containing a symlink, as we can't be sure if the snapshot would still be valid of
     * the relocated link.
     *
     * If performance around symlinks becomes more important, we can improve this in multiple ways:
     * - keep symlinks that don't point outside the relocated snapshot hierarchy,
     * - re-snapshot relocated locations pointed to by snapshots,

class SupportedBuildJvmIntegrationTest extends AbstractIntegrationSpec {

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "can start Gradle with a JDK that contains symlinks"() {
        // Zulu sets their Java distribution up like this
        def installedJdk = Jvm.current().javaHome
        def symlinkedJdk = file("symlink-jdk")
        installedJdk.listFiles().each {
            symlinkedJdk.file(it.name).createLink(it)
        }

				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
					}
					return err
				}

				// Ignore symlinked directories.
				if fi.IsDir() {
					continue
				}
			}