WindowsFilesystemLinkFactory.cs

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
using BetterWin32Errors;
 
using Tgstation.Server.Host.System;
 
namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.IO
{
    sealed class WindowsFilesystemLinkFactory : IFilesystemLinkFactory
    {
        public bool SymlinkedDirectoriesAreDeletedAsFiles => false;
 
        public Task CreateHardLink(string targetPath, string linkPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
            => throw new NotSupportedException();
 
        public Task CreateSymbolicLink(string targetPath, string linkPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.Factory.StartNew(
            () =>
            {
                ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(targetPath);
                ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(linkPath);
 
                // check if its not a file
                var flags = File.Exists(targetPath) ? NativeMethods.CreateSymbolicLinkFlags.None : NativeMethods.CreateSymbolicLinkFlags.Directory;
 
                /*
                 * no don't fucking use this
                 * sure it works in SOME cases
                 * i.e. win10 1803+ and IN DEVELOPER MODE
                 * other times it throws ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
                 * but the fucking worst is there are some configurations of windows that accept the argument and allow the function to succeed
                 * BUT IT DOESN'T CREATE THE FUCKING LINK
                 * I AM NOT DEBUGGING THAT SHIT AGAIN AHHH
 
                flags |= NativeMethods.CreateSymbolicLinkFlags.AllowUnprivilegedCreate;
                */
 
                cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                if (!NativeMethods.CreateSymbolicLink(linkPath, targetPath, flags))
                    throw new Win32Exception();
            },
            cancellationToken,
            DefaultIOManager.BlockingTaskCreationOptions,
            TaskScheduler.Current);
    }
}