Create Symbolic Link

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

var success = 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).  

var fac = new 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";
success = fac.SymlinkCreate(target,symlink);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(fac.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";
success = fac.SymlinkCreate(target,symlink);
if (success !== true) {
    console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

console.log("Success.");