ossymlinks

nimony/lib/std/private/ossymlinks.nim

• proc createSymlink(src: string; dest: string)

  Create a symbolic link at dest which points to the item specified by src. On most operating systems, will fail if a link already exists.

  .. warning:: Some OS's (such as Microsoft Windows) restrict the creation of symlinks to root users (administrators) or users with developer mode enabled.

  See also:

  • createHardlink proc_
  • expandSymlink proc_
• proc createHardlink(src: string; dest: string)

  Create a hard link at dest which points to the item specified by src.

  .. warning:: Some OS's restrict the creation of hard links to root users (administrators).

  See also:

  • createSymlink proc_
• proc expandSymlink(symlinkPath: string): string

  Returns the stored target of the symbolic link symlinkPath.

  This expands exactly one level of indirection, like POSIX readlink. If the target is itself a symbolic link, it is returned as-is rather than being expanded further.

  On Windows, this supports symbolic links and junctions by reading the reparse point payload directly; the NT \??\ prefix of absolute targets is stripped. Unsupported reparse tags raise BadOperation.

  On Nintendo Switch this is currently a noop: symlinkPath is simply returned, without checking whether it is actually a symbolic link.

  See also:

  • createSymlink proc_