/// <summary>
/// Returns the full path to the target of this symbolic link.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="it">The symbolic link in question.</param>
/// <returns>The path to the target of the symbolic link.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">If the file in question is not a symbolic link.</exception>
public static string GetSymbolicLinkTarget(this FileInfo it)
{
if (!it.IsSymbolicLink())
{
throw new ArgumentException("file specified is not a symbolic link.");
}
return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(it.FullName));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the full path to the target of this symbolic link.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryInfo">The symbolic link in question.</param>
/// <returns>The path to the target of the symbolic link.</returns>
/// <exception cref="System.ArgumentException">If the directory in question is not a symbolic link.</exception>
public static string GetSymbolicLinkTarget(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
{
if (!directoryInfo.IsSymbolicLink())
{
throw new ArgumentException("Specified directory is not a symbolic link.");
}
return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(directoryInfo.FullName));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether this file is a symbolic link.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="it">the file in question.</param>
/// <returns><code>true</code> if the file is, indeed, a symbolic link, <code>false</code> otherwise.</returns>
public static bool IsSymbolicLink(this FileInfo it)
{
return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(it.FullName) != null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolic link to this file at the specified path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="it">the source file for the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="path">the path of the symbolic link.</param>
public static void CreateSymbolicLink(this FileInfo it, string path)
{
SymbolicLink.CreateFileLink(path, it.FullName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolic link to this file at the specified path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="it">the source file for the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="path">the path of the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="makeTargetPathRelative">whether the target should be made relative to the symbolic link. Default <c>false</c>.</param>
public static void CreateSymbolicLink(this FileInfo it, string path, bool makeTargetPathRelative)
{
SymbolicLink.CreateFileLink(path, it.FullName, makeTargetPathRelative);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether this directory is a symbolic link.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryInfo">the directory in question.</param>
/// <returns><code>true</code> if the directory is, indeed, a symbolic link, <code>false</code> otherwise.</returns>
public static bool IsSymbolicLink(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo)
{
return(SymbolicLink.GetTarget(directoryInfo.FullName) != null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolic link to this directory at the specified path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryInfo">the source directory for the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="path">the path of the symbolic link.</param>
public static void CreateSymbolicLink(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo, string path)
{
SymbolicLink.CreateDirectoryLink(path, directoryInfo.FullName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a symbolic link to this directory at the specified path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryInfo">the source directory for the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="path">the path of the symbolic link.</param>
/// <param name="makeTargetPathRelative">whether the target should be made relative to the symbolic link. Default <c>false</c>.</param>
public static void CreateSymbolicLink(this DirectoryInfo directoryInfo, string path, bool makeTargetPathRelative)
{
SymbolicLink.CreateDirectoryLink(path, directoryInfo.FullName, makeTargetPathRelative);
}