FileCreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, SymbolicLinkTarget)

Note: This API is now obsolete.

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

Remarks

See CreateSymbolicLink to run this method in an elevated state.

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

Syntax

C++

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[ObsoleteAttribute("Methods with SymbolicLinkTarget parameter are obsolete.")]
public static void CreateSymbolicLink(
	string symlinkFileName,
	string targetFileName,
	SymbolicLinkTarget targetType
)

<ObsoleteAttribute("Methods with SymbolicLinkTarget parameter are obsolete.")>
Public Shared Sub CreateSymbolicLink ( 
	symlinkFileName As String,
	targetFileName As String,
	targetType As SymbolicLinkTarget
)

public:
[ObsoleteAttribute(L"Methods with SymbolicLinkTarget parameter are obsolete.")]
static void CreateSymbolicLink(
	String^ symlinkFileName, 
	String^ targetFileName, 
	SymbolicLinkTarget targetType
)

[<ObsoleteAttribute("Methods with SymbolicLinkTarget parameter are obsolete.")>]
static member CreateSymbolicLink : 
        symlinkFileName : string * 
        targetFileName : string * 
        targetType : SymbolicLinkTarget -> unit

Parameters

symlinkFileName: Type: SystemString
The name of the target for the symbolic link to be created.
targetFileName: Type: SystemString
The symbolic link to be created.
targetType: Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemSymbolicLinkTarget
Indicates whether the link target, targetFileName, is a file or directory.

Exceptions

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

Reference

File Class

CreateSymbolicLink Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace

FileAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LST5C14624E_0?cpp=::|nu=.");CreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, SymbolicLinkTarget)

Parameters

Reference

FileCreateSymbolicLink Method (String, String, SymbolicLinkTarget)