Class CygwinUtils

Namespace: NanoByte.Common.Native

Assembly: NanoByte.Common.dll

Provides access to Cygwin-related filesystem features. Cygwin provides Unix-like functionality on Windows systems.

public static class CygwinUtils

Inheritance: object

CygwinUtils

Methods

CreateSymlink(string, string)

Creates a new Cygwin symbolic link (http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#pathnames-symlinks).

public static void CreateSymlink(string sourcePath, string targetPath)

Parameters

sourcePath string: The path of the link to create.
targetPath string: The path of the existing file or directory to point to (relative to sourcePath).

Exceptions

IOException: There was an IO problem writing the file.
UnauthorizedAccessException: Write access to the file was denied.
PlatformNotSupportedException: This method is called on a platform other than Windows.

IsSymlink(string)

Checks whether a file is a Cygwin symbolic link (http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#pathnames-symlinks).

public static bool IsSymlink(string path)

Parameters

path string: The path of the file to check.

Returns

bool: true if path points to a symbolic link; false otherwise.

Exceptions

IOException: There was an IO problem reading the file.
UnauthorizedAccessException: Read access to the file was denied.

IsSymlink(string, out string)

Checks whether a file is a Cygwin symbolic link (http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#pathnames-symlinks).

public static bool IsSymlink(string path, out string target)

Parameters

path string: The path of the file to check.
target string: Returns the target the symbolic link points to if it exists.

Returns

bool: true if path points to a symbolic link; false otherwise.

Exceptions

IOException: There was an IO problem reading the file.
UnauthorizedAccessException: Read access to the file was denied.

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