# FILE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW

`import { FILE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW } from "destack:fs/binding";`

Do not follow the final symlink component.

```ds title="FILE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW"
const FILE_OPEN_NOFOLLOW: FileOpenFlags
```

[language/library/src/fs/binding/file.ds:36](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/fs/binding/file.ds#L36)