Hi,
I did a first try to support symbolic links when using tarTree() for untar.
https://github.com/gradle/gradle/pull/182
For the other way round, I realized that there are some bits missing, to
implement support for symbolic links with the Tar task type.
The interface Symlink
https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/native/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/nativeplatform/filesystem/Symlink.java
needs two more functions
public boolean isSymlink(File linkCandidate);
public RelativePath symlinkTarget(File link);
Determining whether it is a symbolic link could be achieved with pure
java code as the ANT class SymbolicLinkUtils does it, but it could be
much faster using native tools.
But to query the target relative path , I don't know whether this can be
done in java?
I'd need someone to implement the native part. Is there someone willing?
Is this something that will go into gradle?
Best regards,
Harald
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