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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.

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llSuccess = .F.

// 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).  

loFac = createobject("CkFileAccess")

// Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
// 
lcTarget = "qa_data/hamlet.xml"
lcSymlink = "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml"
llSuccess = loFac.SymlinkCreate(lcTarget,lcSymlink)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFac.LastErrorText
    release loFac
    return
endif

// Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
lcTarget = "qa_data/xml/"
lcSymlink = "qa_output/xml_dir"
llSuccess = loFac.SymlinkCreate(lcTarget,lcSymlink)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFac.LastErrorText
    release loFac
    return
endif

? "Success."


release loFac