(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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).  

$fac = New-Object 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 -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 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 -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success.")