Function createLink

lib/util/createLink.js:9–62

(src, dst, type)

var isWin = process.platform === 'win32';

function createLink(src, dst, type) {
    var dstDir = path.dirname(dst);

    // Create directory
    return (
        Q.nfcall(mkdirp, dstDir)
            // Check if source exists
            .then(function() {
                return Q.nfcall(fs.stat, src).fail(function(error) {
                    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
                        throw createError(
                            'Failed to create link to ' + path.basename(src),
                            'ENOENT',
                            {
                                details:
                                    src +
                                    ' does not exist or points to a non-existent file'
                            }
                        );
                    }

                    throw error;
                });
            })
            // Create symlink
            .then(function(stat) {
                type = type || (stat.isDirectory() ? 'dir' : 'file');

                return Q.nfcall(fs.symlink, src, dst, type).fail(function(err) {
                    if (!isWin || err.code !== 'EPERM') {
                        throw err;
                    }

                    // Try with type "junction" on Windows
                    // Junctions behave equally to true symlinks and can be created in
                    // non elevated terminal (well, not always..)
                    return Q.nfcall(fs.symlink, src, dst, 'junction').fail(
                        function(err) {
                            throw createError(
                                'Unable to create link to ' +
                                    path.basename(src),
                                err.code,
                                {
                                    details:
                                        err.message.trim() +
                                        '\n\nTry running this command in an elevated terminal (run as root/administrator).'
                                }
                            );
                        }
                    );
                });
            })
    );
}

module.exports = createLink;