CLibrary.java

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package org.archive.util;

import com.sun.jna.Library;
import com.sun.jna.Native;
import com.sun.jna.Platform;

/**
 * Interface to standard C library functions; initially just link().
 * 
 * Via StackOverflow answer:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/783075/creating-a-hard-link-in-java/3023349#3023349
 * 
 */
public interface CLibrary extends Library {
    CLibrary INSTANCE = (CLibrary)
        Native.loadLibrary((Platform.isWindows() ? "msvcrt" : "c"),
                           CLibrary.class);
    
    int link(String existingPath, String newPath);
    int symlink(String existingPath, String newPath);
}