[IronPython] Creating Symbolic Links via IronPython

[Lukáš Duběda]

Interesting! Thank you, I'll try that.

Also thanks Markus Schaber, another thing
to look at. :)

Cheers,

Lukáš Duběda
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On 1.4.2011 8:58, Steve Dower wrote:
> You should be able to use ctypes for this. For example, the following
> works fine from CPython (I don't have IronPython handy on this
> computer):
>
> from ctypes import windll
> windll.kernel32.CreateSymbolicLinkA("c:\\py.exe", "c:\\python27\\python.exe", 0)
>
> The only difference may be calling CreateSymbolicLinkW instead of *A -
> the return value should be non-zero if it succeeds. Also, if you're
> running ipy64.exe you may need to override
> CreateSymbolicLinkW.argtypes with suitable values - otherwise it will
> assume and it sometimes assumes wrong.
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 17:40, Markus Schaber<m.schaber at 3s-software.com>  wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Either you create a c# wrapper dll that exposes this function, and reference that DLL from Ironpython.
>>
>> Or you use the clrtype class (which can be found at http://ironpython.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Samples) - this allows you to assign c# Attributes to python methods, so you can define the DLLImport method.)
>>
>> Best regards
>>
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>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-
>>> bounces at lists.ironpython.com] Im Auftrag von Lukáš Dubeda
>>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. März 2011 21:43
>>> An: Discussion of IronPython
>>> Betreff: [IronPython] Creating Symbolic Links via IronPython
>>>
>>> Hi there everyone,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to find a solution for creating Symbolic Links via
>>> IronPython scripting, but it seems there is not a direct way of doing this
>>> via .NET and since I don't know C#, I have hard times "translating" C#
>>> snippets I've found on the net to IronPython. For example:
>>>
>>> [Interop.DllImport("kernel32.dll", EntryPoint="CreateSymbolicLinkW",
>>> CharSet=Interop.CharSet.Unicode)] public static extern int
>>> CreateSymbolicLink(string lpSymlinkFileName, string lpTargetFileName, int
>>> dwFlags);
>>>
>>> So, I thought asking here would probably be the best place for the best
>>> advice (i.e. what to avoid using etc...).
>>>
>>> Any advice on this topic would be much appretiated!
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot in advance, cheers,
>>>
>>> Lukáš Duběda
>>> Director
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>>>
>>> duber studio(tm)
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