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Create Symbolic Link

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Demonstrates how to create a symbolic (soft) link.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

Dart

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // Chilkat supports symbolic links on both Windows and non-Windows operating systems.
  // Note: On Windows, symbolic links and Windows shortcuts are two different things.
  // On the Windows operating system, a process requires a special privilege to create
  // a symbolic link (unless running as administrator).  

  final fac = CkFileAccess();

  // Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
  // 
  var target = 'qa_data/hamlet.xml';
  var symlink = 'qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml';
  try {
    fac.symlinkCreate(target, symlink);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
  target = 'qa_data/xml/';
  symlink = 'qa_output/xml_dir';
  try {
    fac.symlinkCreate(target, symlink);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print('Success.');
}