org.dellroad.stuff.io
Class HardLink

java.lang.Object
  org.dellroad.stuff.io.HardLink

public final class HardLink
extends Object

Supports hard-linking of files on UNIX systems.

This class requires the JNA library.

Method Summary

static void

link(File src, File dest) Create a hard link from src to dest.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

link

public static void link(File src,
                        File dest)
                 throws IOException

Create a hard link from src to dest.

Parameters:

src - existing file to be linked to dest

dest - new file that will link to src

Throws:

IOException - if the operation fails