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javacommandsymlink
Mansi Parekh
Mansi Parekh

Reputation: 519

How to execute Symlink command in java

I am finding trouble in executing symlink command in java. My source filename and destination filename has space in it. How to execute this command?

Eg. ln -sf /home/Desktop/image1 .jpg /home/Desktop/Folder/image 2.jpg

I am trying this code 

    String command = "ln -sf " + "/home/Desktop/\"image 1.jpg\"" + " /home/Desktop/Folder/\"image 2.jpg\"";
    CommandLine oCmdLine = CommandLine.parse(command);
    DefaultExecutor oDefaultExecutor = new DefaultExecutor();
    oDefaultExecutor.setExitValue(0);
    try {
        oDefaultExecutor.execute(oCmdLine);
    } catch (ExecuteException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 216

Answers (1)

Flagman
Flagman

Reputation: 446

You can do it easy with NIO.2

Path directoryTarget = Paths.get("c:/temp");
Path directoryLink = Paths.get("c:/links/linkTemp");

Files.exists(directoryTarget);

try {
  Files.createSymbolicLink(directoryLink, directoryTarget);
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}

Upvotes: 1

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