INNER CODE UNIT · Python

CreateCygwinSymlink

DaemonEngine/Daemon · external_deps/cygtar.py:66

def CreateCygwinSymlink(filepath, target):
  """Create a Cygwin 1.7 style link

  Generates a Cygwin style symlink by creating a SYSTEM tagged
  file with the !<link> marker followed by a unicode path.
  """
  # If we failed to create a symlink, then just copy it.  We wrap this in a
  # retry for Windows which often has stale file lock issues.
  for cnt in range(1,4):
    try:
      lnk = open(filepath, 'wb')
      lnk.write(PathToSymDat(target))
      lnk.close()
      break
    except EnvironmentError:
      print('Try %d: Failed open %s -> %s\n' % (cnt, filepath, target))

  # Verify the file was created

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