Merge pull request #601 from PowerShell/newitem

Modify New-Item to support Symbolic Link on Linux

test/powershell/New-Item.Tests.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 function Clean-State
 {
+    if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink)
+    {
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedLink -Force
+    }
+
     if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile)
     {
         Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFile -Force
@@ -7,7 +12,7 @@
 
     if (Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder)
     {
-        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFolder -Recurse -Force
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedFolder -Force
     }
 }
 
@@ -15,8 +20,10 @@ Describe "New-Item" {
     $tmpDirectory         = $TestDrive
     $testfile             = "testfile.txt"
     $testfolder           = "newDirectory"
+    $testlink             = "testlink"
     $FullyQualifiedFile   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfile
     $FullyQualifiedFolder = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testfolder
+    $FullyQualifiedLink   = Join-Path -Path $tmpDirectory -ChildPath $testlink
 
     BeforeEach {
         Clean-State
@@ -92,4 +99,25 @@ Describe "New-Item" {
 
         Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $false 
     }
+
+    It "Should create a symbolic link of a file without error" {
+        New-Item -Name $testfile -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType file
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFile | Should Be $true
+
+        New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target $FullyQualifiedFile -Name $testlink -Path $tmpDirectory
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink | Should Be $true
+    }
+
+    It "Should create a symbolic link from directory without error" {
+        New-Item -Name $testFolder -Path $tmpDirectory -ItemType directory
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedFolder | Should Be $true
+
+        New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target $FullyQualifiedFolder -Name $testlink -Path $tmpDirectory
+        Test-Path $FullyQualifiedLink | Should Be $true
+
+        # Remove the link explicitly to avoid broken symlink issue
+        Remove-Item $FullyQualifiedLink -Force
+    }
+
+
 }