michael@0: const Cc = Components.classes;
michael@0: const Ci = Components.interfaces;
michael@0: 
michael@0: function run_test() {
michael@0:   // skip this test on Windows
michael@0:   var isWindows = ("@mozilla.org/windows-registry-key;1" in Components.classes);
michael@0:   if (!isWindows) {
michael@0:     var testDir = __LOCATION__.parent;
michael@0:     // create a test file, then symlink it, then check that we think it's a symlink
michael@0:     var targetFile = testDir.clone();
michael@0:     targetFile.append("target.txt");
michael@0:     if (!targetFile.exists())
michael@0:       targetFile.create(Ci.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 0644);
michael@0: 
michael@0:     var link = testDir.clone();
michael@0:     link.append("link");
michael@0:     if (link.exists())
michael@0:       link.remove(false);
michael@0: 
michael@0:     var ln = Cc["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsILocalFile);
michael@0:     ln.initWithPath("/bin/ln");
michael@0:     var process = Cc["@mozilla.org/process/util;1"].createInstance(Ci.nsIProcess);
michael@0:     process.init(ln);
michael@0:     var args = ["-s", targetFile.path, link.path];
michael@0:     process.run(true, args, args.length);
michael@0:     do_check_true(link.isSymlink());
michael@0:   }
michael@0: }