Powershell filesystem symbolic links

powershell-symbolic-links.ps1

## References: 
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9042542/what-is-the-difference-between-ntfs-junction-points-and-symbolic-links
# Good feature matrix for symbolic links
# https://ss64.com/nt/mklink.html
# Microsoft doco on Reparse Points
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/win32/fileio/reparse-points
# Powershell 5.1 issue and solution deleting symbolic links...
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51160864/delete-children-directories-in-powershell-including-symlinks

# Hard Link to File
New-Item -ItemType HardLink -Path path\to\new-filename -Target path\to\existing-filename
# Soft link to File
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path path\to\new-filename -Target path\to\existing-filename
# Soft Link to Directory
New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path path\to\new-directory -Target path\to\existing-directory
# Legacy Soft Link to Directory (limited to same computer)
New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path path\to\new-directory -Target path\to\existing-directory
# Delete a symbolic link
# WARNING! Do not use Remove-Item with a symbolic/soft link to a directory as this will delete the directory, not the link!
(Get-Item path\to\link).Delete()