how to use the readlinksync function from the fs-extra library in typescript

To use the readlinkSync function from the fs-extra library in TypeScript, you first need to install the library using:

index.ts
npm install fs-extra
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Then, you can include the library in your TypeScript file by importing it:

index.ts
import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
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Once you have imported the library, you can use the readlinkSync function to read the symbolic link at the given path. Here's an example:

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try {
  const linkTarget = fs.readlinkSync('/path/to/symlink');
  console.log(`The symbolic link points to: ${linkTarget}`);
} catch (err) {
  console.error(`Failed to read the symbolic link: ${err}`);
}
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This code tries to read the symbolic link at /path/to/symlink. If the read is successful, it prints the target of the symbolic link to the console. If the read fails, it prints the error message to the console instead.

Note that the readlinkSync function is synchronous, meaning that it blocks the thread until the read operation is complete. If you want to use an asynchronous version of this function, you can use the readlink function instead.