Some additions to support symlinks better on platforms that support them.

base/platform_file.h

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef BASE_PLATFORM_FILE_H_
 #define BASE_PLATFORM_FILE_H_
 #pragma once
 
 #include "base/basictypes.h"
 #include "build/build_config.h"
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 // make sure to update all functions that use it in file_util_{win|posix}.cc
 // too, and the ParamTraits<base::PlatformFileInfo> implementation in
 // chrome/common/common_param_traits.cc.
 struct PlatformFileInfo {
   // The size of the file in bytes.  Undefined when is_directory is true.
   int64 size;
 
   // True if the file corresponds to a directory.
   bool is_directory;
 
+  // True if the file corresponds to a symbolic link.
+  bool is_symbolic_link;
+
   // The last modified time of a file.
   base::Time last_modified;
 
   // The last accessed time of a file.
   base::Time last_accessed;
 
   // The creation time of a file.
   base::Time creation_time;
 };
 
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     return temp;
   }
 
  private:
   PlatformFile* value_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace base
 
 #endif  // BASE_PLATFORM_FILE_H_