https://github.com/xcraft-inc/goc
Wrapper to simulate symlinks on Windows platform by calling a batch script.
https://github.com/xcraft-inc/goc
goc simulation symlink windows
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Wrapper to simulate symlinks on Windows platform by calling a batch script.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/xcraft-inc/goc
- Owner: Xcraft-Inc
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-06-19T11:08:51.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-06-19T11:29:47.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-14T05:35:15.741Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: goc, simulation, symlink, windows
- Language: Go
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- Size: 2.93 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# goc
Wrapper to simulate symlinks with executables on Windows platform by calling a batch script.
## Example
Create a batch file `dir.cmd`.
```batch
@echo off
"c:\windows\system32\dir.exe" %*
```
Compile **goc** and rename `goc.exe` to `dir.exe`. Save `dir.exe` alongside `dir.cmd`.
Then you can remove `c:\windows\system32` from the `PATH` and use the new directory where is your `dir.exe` file instead.
When you call `dir.exe`, it spawns `dir.cmd` by passing arguments and forwarding stdout and stderr pipes.
## Why not just use `dir.cmd`?
Because you can't spawn `dir` (without suffix) if you have only a `dir.cmd` or `dir.bat` file in the `PATH`. It's necessary to spawn `dir.cmd` explicitly and it can be a problem when you don't have the source code. Then with **goc**, it's possible to spawn with just `dir`.
Note that **goc** is just a very trivial and limited wrapper. For example, stdin is not forwarded.
## License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Xcraft
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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