[ICIJ/datashare#360] replacing symbolic links during win installation

ICIJ · Mar 10, 2020 · 07cc01f · 07cc01f
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commit 07cc01f
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/windows/installDatashareLight.nsi b/windows/installDatashareLight.nsi
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ Function InstallDatashare
   createDirectory "$APPDATA\Datashare\index"
   createDirectory "$APPDATA\Datashare\data"
 
-  #CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\Datashare Data.lnk" "$APPDATA\Datashare\data"
-  nsExec::Exec 'cmd /c mklink /d "$DESKTOP\Datashare Data" "$APPDATA\Datashare\data"'
+  # Create symbolic links
+  rmDir /r "$DESKTOP\Datashare Data"
+  nsExec::ExecToStack 'cmd /c mklink /d "$DESKTOP\Datashare Data" "$APPDATA\Datashare\data"'
   DetailPrint 'Link created from "$APPDATA\Datashare\data" to "$DESKTOP\Datashare Data"'
-
-  nsExec::Exec 'cmd /c mklink /d $APPDATA\Datashare\app "$INSTDIR\app"'
+  rmDir /r "$APPDATA\Datashare\app"
+  nsExec::ExecToStack 'cmd /c mklink /d $APPDATA\Datashare\app "$INSTDIR\app"'
   DetailPrint 'Link created from "$INSTDIR\app" to "$APPDATA\Datashare\app"'
 
   writeUninstaller "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"