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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org> | 2021-04-27 16:55:04 -0700 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org> | 2021-05-02 18:22:19 +0000 |
| commit | 0d32d9e8a8784cf3ef39c471b73e502c51085b6d (patch) | |
| tree | 50e4a537f3e28ed560142b340eb4c48b46270f36 /src/os | |
| parent | 352a322a8356ef5f7d9392c401cd9f181a1cf80b (diff) | |
| download | go-0d32d9e8a8784cf3ef39c471b73e502c51085b6d.tar.gz go-0d32d9e8a8784cf3ef39c471b73e502c51085b6d.zip | |
os: document that Windows Symlink to missing target creates file symlink
Fixes #39183
Change-Id: Iec4a5a561182ade57dc7dc24247710005d6b9f21
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/314275
Trust: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Odeke <emmanuel@orijtech.com>
Run-TryBot: Emmanuel Odeke <emmanuel@orijtech.com>
TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/os')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/os/file_plan9.go | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/os/file_unix.go | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/os/file_windows.go | 2 |
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/os/file_plan9.go b/src/os/file_plan9.go index 4f384e9211..604aea607b 100644 --- a/src/os/file_plan9.go +++ b/src/os/file_plan9.go @@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ func Link(oldname, newname string) error { } // Symlink creates newname as a symbolic link to oldname. +// On Windows, a symlink to a non-existent oldname creates a file symlink; +// if oldname is later created as a directory the symlink will not work. // If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError. func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error { return &LinkError{"symlink", oldname, newname, syscall.EPLAN9} diff --git a/src/os/file_unix.go b/src/os/file_unix.go index deec41324b..a2531b9656 100644 --- a/src/os/file_unix.go +++ b/src/os/file_unix.go @@ -351,6 +351,8 @@ func Link(oldname, newname string) error { } // Symlink creates newname as a symbolic link to oldname. +// On Windows, a symlink to a non-existent oldname creates a file symlink; +// if oldname is later created as a directory the symlink will not work. // If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError. func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error { e := ignoringEINTR(func() error { diff --git a/src/os/file_windows.go b/src/os/file_windows.go index a2cb96e457..378e2b1c7d 100644 --- a/src/os/file_windows.go +++ b/src/os/file_windows.go @@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ func Link(oldname, newname string) error { } // Symlink creates newname as a symbolic link to oldname. +// On Windows, a symlink to a non-existent oldname creates a file symlink; +// if oldname is later created as a directory the symlink will not work. // If there is an error, it will be of type *LinkError. func Symlink(oldname, newname string) error { // '/' does not work in link's content |