On POSIX systems, if the file represented by this DirEntry is a
symbolic link, then linkAttributes are the attributes of the
symbolic link itself. Otherwise, linkAttributes is identical to
attributes.
On Windows, linkAttributes is identical to attributes. It
exists on Windows so that you don't have to special-case code for
Windows when dealing with symbolic links.
On POSIX systems, if the file represented by this DirEntry is a symbolic link, then linkAttributes are the attributes of the symbolic link itself. Otherwise, linkAttributes is identical to attributes.
On Windows, linkAttributes is identical to attributes. It exists on Windows so that you don't have to special-case code for Windows when dealing with symbolic links.