INNER CODE UNIT · Python

PathToSymDat

DaemonEngine/Daemon · external_deps/cygtar.py:58

def PathToSymDat(filepath):
  """Convert a filepath to cygwin style symlink data."""
  symtag = '!<symlink>\xff\xfe'
  unipath = ''.join([ch + '\x00' for ch in filepath])
  strterm = '\x00\x00'
  return symtag + unipath + strterm


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:

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