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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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Local $bSuccess = False

; 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).  

$oFac = ObjCreate("Chilkat.FileAccess")

; Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
; 
Local $sTarget = "qa_data/hamlet.xml"
Local $symlink = "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml"
$bSuccess = $oFac.SymlinkCreate($sTarget,$symlink)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFac.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
$sTarget = "qa_data/xml/"
$symlink = "qa_output/xml_dir"
$bSuccess = $oFac.SymlinkCreate($sTarget,$symlink)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFac.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)