Re: [boost] [filesystem] to support Windows NTFS symlinks

From: Takeshi Mouri (takeshi.mouri.net_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-12 08:52:41

Beman Dawes wrote:

> I'd very much like to see NTFS symlink support added, but I just don't 
> have the time right now. I might be able to add the support for Vista 
> some in the next month or two, as that is less work, but am worried the 
> 2000 and XP support will be troublesome.
> 
> If anyone else would like to contribute such support, let me know. Good 
> test coverage would have be part of such support.

My Hamigaki.Filesystem library supports Windows Vista symbolic links. 
http://tinyurl.com/2lfmah 

And the documentation (in Japanese) 
http://hamigaki.sourceforge.jp/libs/filesystem/ 

Hamigaki.Filesystem provides the following functions: 

void create_file_symlink(const path&, const path&); 
void create_directory_symlink(const path&, const path&); 
void create_symlink(const path&, const path&); 

Windows Vista symbolic links distinguish between the link to the file 
and the link to the directory. 
So we need create_file_symlink() and create_directory_symlink(). 
If the target of the symbolic link exists, you can use create_symlink(). 

Regards,
Takeshi Mouri