symlink_to

Make this path a symbolic link pointing to target.

Syntax

PYTHON Copy

Path.symlink_to(target, target_is_directory=False)

Examples

Example 1

PYTHON Copy

>>> p = Path('mylink')
>>> p.symlink_to('setup.py')
>>> p.resolve()
PosixPath('/home/antoine/pathlib/setup.py')
>>> p.stat().st_size
956
>>> p.lstat().st_size
8

See Also

os.symlink()