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symlinks for empty tiles not supported on Windows #266

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geographika opened this issue Sep 6, 2021 · 0 comments
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symlinks for empty tiles not supported on Windows #266

geographika opened this issue Sep 6, 2021 · 0 comments
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It is a known issue that MapCache on Windows does not support <symlink_blank/>

This issue gathers some links and a possible approach to implementing this functionality.

The Windows API function CreateSymbolicLinkA should provide the equivalent of symlink.

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6472913/porting-unix-code-with-symlink-function-to-windows - possible permissions issues may however occur.

Links to codebases where this is implemented:

@geographika geographika self-assigned this Sep 6, 2021
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