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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/pure')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/pure/os.nim | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim index 2195f6327..bdf9813f9 100644 --- a/lib/pure/os.nim +++ b/lib/pure/os.nim @@ -1184,7 +1184,9 @@ proc createSymlink*(src, dest: string) = ## Some OS's (such as Microsoft Windows) restrict the creation ## of symlinks to root users (administrators). when defined(Windows): - let flag = dirExists(src).int32 + # 2 is the SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE. This allows + # anyone with developer mode on to create a link + let flag = dirExists(src).int32 or 2 when useWinUnicode: var wSrc = newWideCString(src) var wDst = newWideCString(dest) |