junction

NAME

SYNOPSIS

junction [ -nobanner ] [ -accepteula ] [ -s ] [ -q ] ( file | directory )

junction [ -nobanner ] [ -accepteula ] junction_directory junction_target

junction [ -nobanner ] [ -accepteula ] -d junction_directory

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

For example, if the directory D:\WIN specified C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 as its target, then an application accessing D:\WIN\DRIVERS would in reality be accessing C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS.

Unfortunately, Windows 2000 comes with no tools for creating junction points.

You have to purchase the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, which comes with the linkd utility for creating junctions. I therefore decided to write my own junction point-creating tool: junction.

It creates NTFS junction points, it allows you to see if files or directories are actually reparse points. (Reparse points are the mechanism on which NTFS junctions are based. The Remote Storage Service uses reparse points as well as volume mount points.)

Using junction:

To obtain reparse point information: junction [ -s ] [ -q ] ( file | directory )

To create a junction point: junction junction_directory junction_target

To delete a junction point: junction -d junction_directory

OPTIONS

help message.

-s

recurse sub-directories.

file

path to the file to query for reparse point information.

directory

path to the folder to query for reparse point information.

junction_directory

name of the junction point to create or delete.

junction_target

full path to the target of the junction point to create.

-d

delete the junction point

-nobanner

do not display the startup banner and copyright message.

-accepteula

suppress the display of the license dialog and accept the EULA.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

-1

on failed creation of new junction.

FILES

EXAMPLES

To determine if a file is a junction, specify the file name:

  junction c:\test

To list junctions beneath a directory, include the -s switch:

  junction -s c:\

To create a junction c:\Program-Files for "c:\Program Files":

  junction c:\Program-Files "c:\Program Files"

To delete a junction, use the -d switch:

  junction -d c:\Program-Files

SEE ALSO

NOTES

The majority of the documentation has been extracted from the documentation on https://www.sysinternals.com/downloads/junction.

BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.