FileT.makeSymbolicLink

Creates a symbolic link named file which contains the string symlink_value.

If cancellable is not NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED will be returned.

template FileT(TStruct)
bool
makeSymbolicLink

Parameters

symlinkValue string

a string with the path for the target of the new symlink

cancellable Cancellable

optional gio.Cancellable object, NULL to ignore

Return Value

Type: bool

TRUE on the creation of a new symlink, FALSE otherwise.

Throws

GException on failure.