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How do I create file hardlink in PowerShell on Windows 10?
PSCX has New-Hardlink, but is it still needed on Windows 10?
You could always shell out to mklink, but from powershell that requires you prefix the command with cmd /c, which is ugly and hard to remember.
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To create a file hard link: mklink /H linkName target. To create a directory junction: mklink /J linkName target. To create a directory symbolic link: mklink /D linkName target. To create a file symbolic link: mklink linkName target.
Creating Symbolic Links Using PowerShellCall the New-Item cmdlet to create symbolic links and pass in the item type SymbolicLink . Next, replace the Link argument with the path to the symbolic link we want to make (including the file name and its extension).
To create a hard links on a Linux or Unix-like system: Create hard link between sfile1file and link1file, run: ln sfile1file link1file. To make symbolic links instead of hard links, use: ln -s source link. To verify soft or hard links on Linux, run: ls -l source link.
A hard link is the file system representation of a file by which more than one path references a single file in the same volume. To create a hard link, use the CreateHardLink function. Any changes to that file are instantly visible to applications that access it through the hard links that reference it.
New-Item -ItemType HardLink -Name CoverageCount.cs -Value ..\..\OPIAspnet5\Models\CoverageCount.cs
The ItemType parameter now includes a type for hardlinks, which I feel is a hidden gem of PowerShell on Windows 10.
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