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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.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFac
LOCAL cTarget
LOCAL cSymlink

nSuccess := 0

//  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).  

oFac := CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")

//  Here we create a symbolic link to point to qa_data/hamlet.xml
//  
cTarget := "qa_data/hamlet.xml"
cSymlink := "qa_output/symlink_hamlet.xml"
nSuccess := oFac:SymlinkCreate(cTarget, cSymlink)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFac:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Here we create a directory symbolic link.  The target is a directory (not a regular file)
cTarget := "qa_data/xml/"
cSymlink := "qa_output/xml_dir"
nSuccess := oFac:SymlinkCreate(cTarget, cSymlink)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFac:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Success."

oFac:destroy()