Classic ASP

Create Symbolic Link

Demonstrates how to create a symbolic (soft) link.

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

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

' 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).  

set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

' Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
' 
target = "qa_data/hamlet.xml"
symlink = "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml"
success = fac.SymlinkCreate(target,symlink)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' 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"
success = fac.SymlinkCreate(target,symlink)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>