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ZosUnixLink

The ZosUnixLink object represents a Unix symbolic link. The ZosUnixLink class is derived from ZosUnixObject. The symbolic link can be to either a directory or file.

ZosUnixLink exposes the following properties, most of which are inherited from ZosUnixObject.

Property Type R/W Description
Name String R Symbolic link name. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
Path String R Full path name of the symbolic link. For example:
\\server\Unix\u\judy\symlink. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
UnixPath String R Unix file system path name (for example /u/judy/symlink). (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
FileType ZosUnixFileType R Type of Unix file system object, which is always SymLink for this type of object. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
TargetPath String R Path name for target of link.
TargetObject ZosUnixObject R The ZosUnixDirectory or ZosUnixFile object that represents the target of the link.
CreationTime DateTime R Creation time. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
LastWriteTime DateTime R Last update time. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
LastAccessTime DateTime R Last access time. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
User String R User owner. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
Group String R Group owner. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
UserAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W User access permissions. ((Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
GroupAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W Group access permissions. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).
OtherAccess ZosUnixAccess R/W Other access permissions. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).

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ZosUnixLink exposes the following methods, most of which are inherited from ZosUnixObject.

Create Method

Creates a new symbolic link. 

static ZosUnixLink  Create(  
        ZosUnixDirectory parent,  
        String name,  
        String targetPath  
        )

CheckAccess Method

Checks whether or not the user has the specified access permissions for the Unix file. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

Boolean  CheckAccess(  
        ZosUnixAccessCheck flags  
    )

Delete Method

Deletes the symbolic link. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject).

void  Delete()

Refresh Method

Refreshes the Unix file system information. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

void  Refresh()

Rename Method

Renames the file. You can optionally replace an existing file with the same name. (Inherited from ZosUnixObject). 

void Rename(  
        String newName,  
        Boolean replaceExisting  
        )

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Examples of using ZosUnixLink are shown below.

C

ZosUnixLink link;
ZosUnixDir parent;
ZosUnixObject target = link.TargetObject;
link = ZosUnixLink.Create(parent, “MyStuff”, “/u/Judy/Stuff”);

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C++

ZosUnixLink^ link;
ZosUnixDir^ parent;
ZosUnixObject target = link.TargetObject;
link = ZosUnixLink::Create(parent, “MyStuff”, “/u/Judy/Stuff”);

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Visual Basic

Dim link As ZosUnixLink
Dim parent As ZosUnixDir
Dim target As ZosUnixObject = link.TargetObject;
link = ZosUnixLink.Create(parent, “MyStuff”, “/u/Judy/Stuff”)

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Jscript

var link : ZosUnixLink;
var parent : ZosUnixDir;
var target : ZosUnixObject = link.TargetObject;
link = ZosUnixLink.Create(parent, “MyStuff”, “/u/Judy/Stuff”);

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