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+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package filepath
+
+import (
+ "os"
+ "strings"
+ "syscall"
+)
+
+func evalSymlinks(path string) (string, error) {
+ // Plan 9 doesn't have symbolic links, so no need for substitutions.
+ if len(path) > 0 {
+ // Check validity of path
+ _, err := os.Lstat(path)
+ if err != nil {
+ // Return the same error value as on other operating systems
+ if strings.HasSuffix(err.Error(), "not a directory") {
+ err = syscall.ENOTDIR
+ }
+ return "", err
+ }
+ }
+ return Clean(path), nil
+}