No fallback to copy when symlink fails

[jurrianvaniersel]

On filesystems that do not support symlinks (for example on Windows), there's no fallback to making a copy of the file when symlinking fails.

Solution would be something like this:

if (!$fs->relativeSymlink($targetPath, $linkPath)) {
    $fs->copy($targetPath, $linkPath);
}

[ajgarlag]

I see your problem. Although the component is called symlinker the copy could be an acceptable fallback. Please, open a Pull Request.

[ajgarlag]

@jurrianvaniersel If you are using a NTFS filesystem, can you test the ntfs-junction branch?

[jurrianvaniersel]

Sorry, it does not work. I am using it on a Linux-box in Virtualbox on a Virtualbox filesystem (which is actually a folder on my Windows laptop).

You're checking Platform::isWindows(), but you can use filesystems without symlink-support on Linux of *BSD. I would go for checking the result of $fs->relativeSymlink(). If it's false, symlinking failed and you can try $fs->junction().