Class CygwinUtils

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

Inheritance

Object

CygwinUtils

Namespace: NanoByte.Common.Native

Assembly: NanoByte.Common.dll

Syntax

public static class CygwinUtils : Object

Methods

CreateSymlink(String, String)

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

Declaration

public static void CreateSymlink(string sourcePath, string targetPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	sourcePath	The path of the link to create.
String	targetPath	The path of the existing file or directory to point to (relative to sourcePath).

Exceptions

Type	Condition
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).

Declaration

public static bool IsSymlink(string path)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	path	The path of the file to check.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if path points to a symbolic link; false otherwise.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
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).

Declaration

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

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	path	The path of the file to check.
String	target	Returns the target the symbolic link points to if it exists.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean	true if path points to a symbolic link; false otherwise.

Exceptions

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