e-annotation"><a href="dart-core/bool-class.html">bool</a></span> <span class="parameter-name">followLinks</span>: <span class="default-value">true</span></span> })
      
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      <p>Finds the type of file system object that a path points to.</p>
<p>Returns a <code>Future&lt;FileSystemEntityType&gt;</code> that completes with the result.</p>
<p><a href="dart-io/FileSystemEntityType-class.html">FileSystemEntityType</a> has the constant instances file, director