Package org.codehaus.plexus.components.io.attributes

Class SymlinkUtils

java.lang.Object

org.codehaus.plexus.components.io.attributes.SymlinkUtils

public class SymlinkUtils
extends Object

Author:

Kristian Rosenvold

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SymlinkUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static File	createSymbolicLink(File symlink, File target)
static File	readSymbolicLink(File symlink)	Reads the target of the symbolic link

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SymlinkUtils

public SymlinkUtils()

Method Detail

readSymbolicLink

@Nonnull
public static File readSymbolicLink(@Nonnull
                                    File symlink)
                             throws IOException

Reads the target of the symbolic link

Parameters:

symlink - A file that is a symlink

Returns:

A file that is the target of the symlink

Throws:

IOException

createSymbolicLink

@Nonnull
public static File createSymbolicLink(@Nonnull
                                      File symlink,
                                      File target)
                               throws IOException

Throws:

IOException