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Win32: implement basic symlink() functionality (file symlinks only)
Implement symlink() that always creates file symlinks. Fails with ENOSYS if symlinks are disabled or unsupported. Note: CreateSymbolicLinkW() was introduced with symlink support in Windows Vista. For compatibility with Windows XP, we need to load it dynamically and fail gracefully if it isnt's available. Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <[email protected]>
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compat/mingw.c

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@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ int mingw_core_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
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return 0;
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}
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DECLARE_PROC_ADDR(kernel32.dll, BOOLEAN, CreateSymbolicLinkW, LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, DWORD);
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/* Normalizes NT paths as returned by some low-level APIs. */
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static wchar_t *normalize_ntpath(wchar_t *wbuf)
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{
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return 0;
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}
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int symlink(const char *target, const char *link)
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{
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wchar_t wtarget[MAX_LONG_PATH], wlink[MAX_LONG_PATH];
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int len;
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/* fail if symlinks are disabled or API is not supported (WinXP) */
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if (!has_symlinks || !INIT_PROC_ADDR(CreateSymbolicLinkW)) {
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errno = ENOSYS;
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return -1;
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}
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if ((len = xutftowcs_long_path(wtarget, target)) < 0
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|| xutftowcs_long_path(wlink, link) < 0)
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return -1;
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/* convert target dir separators to backslashes */
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while (len--)
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if (wtarget[len] == '/')
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wtarget[len] = '\\';
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/* create file symlink */
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if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(wlink, wtarget, 0)) {
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errno = err_win_to_posix(GetLastError());
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return -1;
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}
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return 0;
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}
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#ifndef _WINNT_H
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/*
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* The REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER structure is defined in the Windows DDK (in

compat/mingw.h

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* trivial stubs
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*/
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static inline int symlink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath)
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{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
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static inline int fchmod(int fildes, mode_t mode)
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{ errno = ENOSYS; return -1; }
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#ifndef __MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR
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int sigaction(int sig, struct sigaction *in, struct sigaction *out);
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int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
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int uname(struct utsname *buf);
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int symlink(const char *target, const char *link);
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int readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz);
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/*

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