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+// Copyright © 2018 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package afero
+// Linker is an optional interface in Afero. It is only implemented by the
+// filesystems saying so.
+// It will call Symlink if the filesystem itself is, or it delegates to, the os filesystem,
+// or the filesystem otherwise supports Symlink's.
+type Linker interface {
+	SymlinkIfPossible(oldname, newname string) error
+}
+
+// LinkReader is an optional interface in Afero. It is only implemented by the
+// filesystems saying so.
+type LinkReader interface {
+	ReadlinkIfPossible(name string) (string, error)
+}