Swift

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.

Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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).  

    let fac = CkoFileAccess()!

    // Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
    // 
    var target: String? = "qa_data/hamlet.xml"
    var symlink: String? = "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml"
    success = fac.symlinkCreate(targetPath: target, linkPath: symlink)
    if success != true {
        print("\(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(targetPath: target, linkPath: symlink)
    if success != true {
        print("\(fac.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("Success.")

}