/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolick link to the folder
/// </summary>
/// <param name="DstLink">The folder that will receive the link</param>
/// <param name="overwrite">Whether to overwrite an existing link if present</param>
/// <remarks>
/// Adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11156754/what-the-c-sharp-equivalent-of-mklink-j
/// </remarks>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Option <FolderSymLink> CreateSymLink(this FolderPath SrcPath, FolderPath DstLink, bool overwrite = true)
=> Try(() =>
{
if (overwrite && DstLink.IsLink())
{
DstLink.DeleteIfExists().Require();
}
var succeeded = SymbolicLinks.CreateSymbolicLink(DstLink, SrcPath.FileSystemPath, SymbolicLinkKind.Directory);
if (not(succeeded))
{
return(none <FolderSymLink>(SymbolicLinkCreationFailed(SrcPath, DstLink)));
}
else
{
return(new FolderSymLink(SrcPath, DstLink));
}
});
/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolic link to a file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="SrcFile">The file to which the link will point</param>
/// <param name="DstLink">The name of the link</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Option <FileSymLink> CreateSymLink(this FilePath SrcFile, string DstLink)
=> SymbolicLinks.CreateSymbolicLink(DstLink, SrcFile, SymbolicLinkKind.File) ?
some(new FileSymLink(SrcFile, DstLink))
: none <FileSymLink>(error($"The {nameof(CreateSymLink)} call failed"));