How to create a Junction Point using WinApi?

There is CreateHa开发者_如何学PythonrdLink function to create Hardlinks.(Since Win2000)

And there is CreateSymbolicLink function since Vista has been released.

But why isn't there a CreateJunction?

How does mklink make a junction?

And How do I write codes to make junction in my app?

They're reparse points, so FSCTL_SET_REPARSE_POINT is the magic FSCTL. Here's an example, never tried it but seems right:

http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/hard-links.phtml

-scott

There's currently no built-in single function for creating junctions like there is for symbolic links or hard links. Like snoone said, it's a reparse point, so you have to use DeviceIoControl to interact with it. If I remember correctly, the source he linked is the same source I played around with when I was trying to figure this out, and I don't think I ran into any issues with it.

Alternatively, if you're not against using an external library in your application, and you're going to need functionality for reading/checking/deleting junctions, you might want to look into reparselib, which is a pretty decent library wrapping junctions, symbolic links, mount points, and custom reparse points.