DirectoryCreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, PathFormat)

[AlphaFS] Creates a symbolic link to a directory (similar to CMD command: "MKLINK /D").

Remarks

Symbolic links can point to a non-existent target.

When creating a symbolic link, the operating system does not check to see if the target exists.

Symbolic links are reparse points.

There is a maximum of 31 reparse points (and therefore symbolic links) allowed in a particular path.

See CreateSymbolicLink to run this method in an elevated state.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.2

Syntax

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public static void CreateSymbolicLink(
	string symlinkDirectoryName,
	string targetDirectoryName,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Public Shared Sub CreateSymbolicLink ( 
	symlinkDirectoryName As String,
	targetDirectoryName As String,
	pathFormat As PathFormat
)

public:
static void CreateSymbolicLink(
	String^ symlinkDirectoryName, 
	String^ targetDirectoryName, 
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

static member CreateSymbolicLink : 
        symlinkDirectoryName : string * 
        targetDirectoryName : string * 
        pathFormat : PathFormat -> unit

Parameters

symlinkDirectoryName: Type: SystemString
The name of the target for the symbolic link to be created.
targetDirectoryName: Type: SystemString
The symbolic link to be created.
pathFormat: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException
ArgumentNullException
IOException
PlatformNotSupportedException	The operating system is older than Windows Vista.

Reference

Directory Class

CreateSymbolicLink Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace

DirectoryAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST4BBDA814_0?cpp=::|nu=.");CreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, PathFormat)

Parameters

Reference

DirectoryCreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, PathFormat)