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6739	How to add symbolic links in Windows Vista	kwill	nobody	"On: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/install/

Section: Installing the development version

Point: 3. Next, make sure that the Python interpreter can load Django’s code.

A symbolic link can also be created in Windows Vista using the mklink command from the command prompt. Assuming the Python site-packages folder is at C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages and the trunk SVN is at d:\code\django-trunk, this can be done as follows:

 1. Open command line window in Administrator mode

 2. Go to site-packages directory (in our example C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages)

 3. Execute `mklink /d django d:\code\django-trunk\django`

 4. The output should appear as follows:

{{{
C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages>mklink /d django d:\code\django-trunk\django
symbolic link created for django <<===>> d:\code\django-trunk\django

C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages>dir
 Volume in drive C is SYSTEM
 Volume Serial Number is D038-E46A

 Directory of C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages

2008/03/09  11:03 AM    <SYMLINKD>     django [d:\code\django-trunk\django]
(plus more folders in site-packages)
}}}"		closed	Documentation	dev		fixed	windows vista symbolic link installation development version svn		Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0