Creating a Symbolic Link - Java File Path IO

Description

Creating a Symbolic Link

Demo Code

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Path link = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("test");
    Path target = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("C:/folder1/photos",
        "test.jpg");

    try {/*from w ww .  jav  a 2  s  .  co  m*/
      Files.createSymbolicLink(link, target);
    } catch (IOException | UnsupportedOperationException | SecurityException e) {
      if (e instanceof SecurityException) {
        System.err.println("Permission denied!");
      }
      if (e instanceof UnsupportedOperationException) {
        System.err.println("An unsupported operation was detected!");
      }
      if (e instanceof IOException) {
        System.err.println("An I/O error occurred!");
      }
      System.err.println(e);
    }

  }
}

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