org.archive.util

Class FilesystemLinkMaker

java.lang.Object

org.archive.util.FilesystemLinkMaker

public class FilesystemLinkMaker
extends Object

Wrapper for platform-dependent hard link creation.

See Also:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/783075/creating-a-hard-link-in-java/3023349#3023349

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	FilesystemLinkMaker.Kernel32Library

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FilesystemLinkMaker()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args)
static boolean	makeHardLink(String existingPath, String newPath) Wrapper over platform-dependent system calls to create a hard link.
static boolean	makeSymbolicLink(String existingPath, String newPath) Wrapper over platform-dependent system calls to create a symbolic link.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FilesystemLinkMaker

public FilesystemLinkMaker()

Method Detail

makeHardLink

public static boolean makeHardLink(String existingPath,
                   String newPath)

Wrapper over platform-dependent system calls to create a hard link.

Returns:

true on success

makeSymbolicLink

public static boolean makeSymbolicLink(String existingPath,
                       String newPath)

Wrapper over platform-dependent system calls to create a symbolic link.

Returns:

true on success

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException