This is interesting to "copy" files from a cache location to another working directory, without making actual IO copies of the files. The java API Files.createLink uses a hardlink (rather than a symbolic link) to do this. It also seems to be supported on Windows, so that's the extra plus. Creating links for a directory are discouraged, so this does it as the individual file level.
This is interesting to "copy" files from a cache location to another working directory, without making actual IO copies of the files. The java API Files.createLink uses a hardlink (rather than a symbolic link) to do this. It also seems to be supported on Windows, so that's the extra plus. Creating links for a directory are discouraged, so this does it as the individual file level.