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| -rw-r--r-- | libs/pbd/file_utils.cc | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc b/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc index ef10c4566c..8247530fe3 100644 --- a/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc +++ b/libs/pbd/file_utils.cc @@ -356,6 +356,17 @@ touch_file (const std::string& path) return false; } +bool +hard_link (const std::string& existing_file, const std::string& new_path) +{ +#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS + /* see also ntfs_link -- msvc only pbd extension */ + return CreateHardLinkA (new_path.c_str(), existing_file.c_str(), NULL); +#else + return 0 == link (existing_file.c_str(), new_path.c_str()); +#endif +} + std::string get_absolute_path (const std::string & p) { diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h index de573cd0e1..b834587ae1 100644 --- a/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h +++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/file_utils.h @@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ LIBPBD_API void copy_recurse(const std::string & from_path, const std::string & */ LIBPBD_API bool touch_file (const std::string& path); +/** try hard-link a file + * @return true if file was successfully linked + */ +LIBPBD_API bool hard_link (const std::string& existing_file, const std::string& new_path); + /** * Take a (possibly) relative path and make it absolute * @return An absolute path |