(Objective-C) 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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#import <CkoFileAccess.h>
#import <NSString.h>

// 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).  

CkoFileAccess *fac = [[CkoFileAccess alloc] init];

// Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
// 
NSString *target = @"qa_data/hamlet.xml";
NSString *symlink = @"qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml";
BOOL success = [fac SymlinkCreate: target linkPath: symlink];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",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 linkPath: symlink];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");