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symlink-dir
Advanced tools
Cross-platform directory symlinking
Always uses "junctions" on Windows. Even though support for "symbolic links" was added in Vista+, users by default lack permission to create them
npm i -S symlink-dir
Lets suppose you'd like to self-require your package. You can link it to its own node_modules:
# from -> to
symlink-dir . node_modules/my-package
'use strict'
const symlinkDir = require('symlink-dir')
const path = require('path')
symlinkDir('src', 'node_modules/src')
.then(result => {
console.log(result)
//> { reused: false }
return symlinkDir('src', 'node_modules/src')
})
.then(result => {
console.log(result)
//> { reused: true }
})
.catch(err => console.error(err))
symlinkDir(src, dest): Promise<{reused: boolean}>
Creates a symlink in dest
that points to src
. Returns an object that contains a boolean property called reused
.
reused
is true
if the symlink already existed pointing to the src
.
FAQs
Cross-platform directory symlinking
We found that symlink-dir demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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