make_symbolic_link


Description:

public abstract bool make_symbolic_link (string symlink_value, Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error

Creates a symbolic link named this 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.

Parameters:

this

a File with the name of the symlink to create

symlink_value

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

cancellable

optional Cancellable object, null to ignore

Returns:

true on the creation of a new symlink, false otherwise.