Can PowerShell 1.0 create hard and soft links analogous to the Unix variety?
If this isn't built in, can someone point me to a site that has a ps1 script that mimics this?
This is a necessary function of any good shell, IMHO. :)
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Add "pscx" module
No, it isn't built into PowerShell. And the mklink utility cannot be called on its own on Windows Vista/Windows 7 because it is built directly into cmd.exe as an "internal command".
You can use the PowerShell Community Extensions (free). There are several cmdlets for reparse points of various types:
New-HardLink,New-SymLink,New-Junction,Remove-ReparsePoint- and others.
In Windows 7, the command is
fsutil hardlink create new-file existing-file
PowerShell finds it without the full path (c:\Windows\system32) or extension (.exe).
Try junction.exe
The Junction command line utility from SysInternals makes creating and deleting junctions easy.
Further reading
- MS Terminology: soft != symbolic
Microsoft uses "soft link" as another name for "junction".
However: a "symbolic link" is something else entirely.
See MSDN: Hard Links and Junctions in Windows.
(This is in direct contradiction to the general usage of those terms where "soft link" and "symbolic link" ("symlink") DO mean the same thing.)
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