Rust

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.

Rust

// 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).  

let fac = chilkat::FileAccess::new();

// Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
// 
let mut target = "qa_data/hamlet.xml".to_string();
let mut symlink = "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml".to_string();
if fac.symlink_create(&target, &symlink).is_err() {
    println!("{}", fac.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
target = "qa_data/xml/".to_string();
symlink = "qa_output/xml_dir".to_string();
if fac.symlink_create(&target, &symlink).is_err() {
    println!("{}", fac.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("Success.");