[IronPython] Creating Symbolic Links via IronPython

[Steve Dower]

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,
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