FileSystem: Don't follow symbolic links when recursively deleting directories #12052
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Description of Changes
FileSystem::RecursiveDeleteDirectory
function will no longer recurse through symbolic links.FileSystem::IsSymbolicLink
andFileSystem::DeleteSymbolicLink
functions have been added. TheFileSystem::IsRealDirectory
function has been removed since it was unused.Rationale behind Changes
Prevent accidental data loss e.g. when deleting folder memory cards.
Suggested Testing Steps
This needs testing on macOS and especially Windows, since it touches Windows API code and I've only tested it on Linux. Since this is modifying some fairly important code I want multiple core contributors to review it before it's merged.
Here's an example of how you could reproduce the issue on Linux/macOS:
Be careful that you don't e.g. symlink your home directory by accident while testing this, as you could lose all your data.