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Sarah Szabo
Sarah Szabo

Reputation: 10815

What exactly is a Link(Symbolic or otherwise)

I was working on a java project with NIO.2 and I encountered the Files.createLink method. Upon doing some research on The Java Tutorials I found that these seem similar to windows shortcuts, but I'm not exactly sure if that's what they are. If they aren't how could I create a platform independent way to create a shortcut?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 94

Answers (1)

Farid Movsumov
Farid Movsumov

Reputation: 12725

Creating a Symbolic Link

If your file system supports it, you can create a symbolic link by using the createSymbolicLink(Path, Path, FileAttribute) method. The second Path argument represents the target file or directory and might or might not exist. The following code snippet creates a symbolic link with default permissions:

SOURCE: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/links.html

Upvotes: 2

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