std::filesystem::directory_entry:: hard_link_count

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std:: uintmax_t hard_link_count ( ) const ;
(1) (since C++17)
std:: uintmax_t hard_link_count ( std:: error_code & ec ) const noexcept ;
(2) (since C++17)

If the number of hard links is cached in this directory_entry , returns the cached value. Otherwise, returns:

Parameters

ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

Return value

The number of hard links for the referred-to filesystem object.

Exceptions

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.

1) Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.
2) Sets a std:: error_code & parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec. clear ( ) if no errors occur.

Example

See also

returns the number of hard links referring to the specific file
(function)