Implemented Path::read_link

src/fs/read_link.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-
 use crate::io;
+use crate::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use crate::task::blocking;
 
 /// Reads a symbolic link and returns the path it points to.
@@ -28,6 +27,8 @@ use crate::task::blocking;
 /// # Ok(()) }) }
 /// ```
 pub async fn read_link<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
-    let path = path.as_ref().to_owned();
-    blocking::spawn(async move { std::fs::read_link(path) }).await
+    let path: std::path::PathBuf = path.as_ref().to_path_buf().into();
+    Ok(blocking::spawn(async move { std::fs::read_link(path) })
+        .await?
+        .into())
 }

src/path/path.rs

@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ impl Path {
     /// #
     /// use async_std::path::Path;
     /// use async_std::fs;
+    /// use futures_util::stream::StreamExt;
     ///
     /// let path = Path::new("/laputa");
     /// let mut dir = fs::read_dir(&path).await.expect("read_dir call failed");
@@ -543,6 +544,28 @@ impl Path {
         fs::read_dir(self).await
     }
 
+    /// Reads a symbolic link, returning the file that the link points to.
+    ///
+    /// This is an alias to [`fs::read_link`].
+    ///
+    /// [`fs::read_link`]: ../fs/fn.read_link.html
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> { async_std::task::block_on(async {
+    /// #
+    /// use async_std::path::Path;
+    ///
+    /// let path = Path::new("/laputa/sky_castle.rs");
+    /// let path_link = path.read_link().await.expect("read_link call failed");
+    /// #
+    /// # Ok(()) }) }
+    /// ```
+    pub async fn read_link(&self) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
+        fs::read_link(self).await
+    }
+
     /// Queries the metadata about a file without following symlinks.
     ///
     /// This is an alias to [`fs::symlink_metadata`].