std::filesystem::directory_entry::hard_link_count
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                    |   std::uintmax_t hard_link_count() const;  | 
(1) | (since C++17) | 
|   std::uintmax_t hard_link_count( std::error_code& ec ) const noexcept;  | 
(2) | (since C++17) | 
If the number of hard links is cached in this directory_entry, returns the cached value. Otherwise, returns:
1) std::filesystem::hard_link_count(path()),
2) std::filesystem::hard_link_count(path(), ec).
Parameters
| ec | - | out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload | 
Return value
The number of hard links for the referred-to filesystem object.
Exceptions
Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation fails.
1) Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.
2) Sets a std::error_code& parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur.
Example
| This section is incomplete Reason: no example  | 
See also
|    (C++17)  | 
  returns the number of hard links referring to the specific file  (function)  |