file_status symlink_status(const path& p);
file_status symlink_status(const path& p, error_code& ec) noexcept;
Effects: Same as status(), above, except that the attributes of p are determined as if by using POSIX lstat() to obtain a POSIX struct stat.
Let prms denote the result of (m & perms::mask), where m is determined as if by converting the st_mode member of the obtained struct stat to the type perms.
Returns: Same as status(), above, except that if the attributes indicate a symbolic link, as if by POSIX S_ISLNK, returns file_status(file_type::symlink, prms). The signature with argument ec returns file_status(file_type::none) if an error occurs.
Throws: As specified in [fs.err.report].