I am trying to figure out how to get my NSIS setup script to create a directory which will be a junction point to another folder/directory
I have my application which I am building an installer for which already contains junction-points in its file-system, I am now trying to package up into my NSIS installer by creating each directory and file as represented in my application build folder (junctions included).
I would prefer not to use a batch script (as a simple fix) to carry out this step, which I could have the NSIS setup execute during runtime to setup the mklink on the directory(s) as required.
I would much rather find out if there is a proper way to achieve this purely from within NSIS setup script itself.
for simplicity sake here is a brief example of what I wish to achieve:
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section
CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR\folder0\Logs" # <-- This is the actual dir.
CreateDirectory "$INSTDIR\folder1\Logs" # <-- This should be junction of ..\folder0\Logs
sectionend
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Also I would like to know if it is possible to carry out the same operation of creating a hard-linked junction directory except this time for a file instead.
I am a NSIS installer newbie and as yet have not fully understand what NSIS is capable of achieving with regards to file/folder manipulation. NSIS does look to be very flexible and powerful enough for my needs thus far.
edit I would just like to see the basic principle on how to create a Junction-Link from within NSIS.
NSIS does not have native support for any advanced filesystem features but you can call any API with the system plugin: Symbolic Links, Junctions, Hard Links