2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/System/Unix/Path.inc b/lib/System/Unix/Path.inc
index d5b7542757..5ee3adc4d2 100644
--- a/lib/System/Unix/Path.inc
+++ b/lib/System/Unix/Path.inc
@@ -434,6 +434,15 @@ Path::isDirectory() const {
 }
 
 bool
+Path::isSymLink() const {
+  struct stat buf;
+  if (0 != lstat(path.c_str(), &buf))
+    return false;
+  return S_ISLNK(buf.st_mode);
+}
+
+
+bool
 Path::canRead() const {
   return 0 == access(path.c_str(), R_OK);
 }
diff --git a/lib/System/Win32/Path.inc b/lib/System/Win32/Path.inc
index 2ead80127b..4db7696b49 100644
--- a/lib/System/Win32/Path.inc
+++ b/lib/System/Win32/Path.inc
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ Path::isDirectory() const {
 }
 
 bool
+Path::isSymLink() const {
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool
 Path::canRead() const {
   // FIXME: take security attributes into account.
   DWORD attr = GetFileAttributes(path.c_str());