how to use the createlink function from fs-extra in javascript

To use the createLink function from fs-extra in JavaScript, you first need to install fs-extra as a dependency in your project by running the following command in your terminal:

index.tsx
npm install fs-extra
21 chars
2 lines

Then, require the module in your code:

index.tsx
const fs = require('fs-extra');
32 chars
2 lines

With fs-extra, you can create a symbolic or hard link with the createLink function. The syntax for createLink is as follows:

index.tsx
fs.createLink(srcpath, dstpath, callback)
42 chars
2 lines

Here, srcpath is the path to the file you want to link, dstpath is the path to the link that you want to create, and callback is the function to execute when the symlink is created.

For example, to create a symbolic link using createLink, you could use the following code:

index.tsx
fs.createLink('/path/to/source/file', '/path/to/link', function(err) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('Symbolic link created successfully');
});
150 chars
5 lines

Similarly, to create a hard link, you could use the following code:

index.tsx
fs.createLink('/path/to/source/file', '/path/to/link', 'hard', function(err) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log('Hard link created successfully');
});
154 chars
5 lines

Note that on Windows, createLink will only create symbolic links if the user running the code has administrative privileges.