Tracking Issue for `junction_point`
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- Rust
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Description
Feature gate: #![feature(junction_point)]
This is a tracking issue for https://github.com/rust-lang/libs-team/issues/203
On Windows, it allows creating a juncture point. Which is useful if/when symlinks are not enabled.
Public API
// std::os::windows::fs::junction_point
fn junction_point<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
original: P,
link: Q
) -> Result<()>;
Steps / History
- Implementation: #121711
- Final comment period (FCP)^1
- Stabilization PR
Unresolved Questions
- None yet.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the public API under std::os::windows::fs::junction_point, then read the linked Rust libs-team issue #203 and implementation issue #121711. The tracking issue is complete when implementation, the final comment period, and the stabilization PR checklist items are finished.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100