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+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import { sendSync, sendAsync } from "./dispatch_json.ts";
+import * as dispatch from "./dispatch.ts";
+import * as util from "./util.ts";
+import { build } from "./build.ts";
+
+/** Synchronously creates `newname` as a symbolic link to `oldname`. The type
+ * argument can be set to `dir` or `file` and is only available on Windows
+ * (ignored on other platforms).
+ *
+ *       Deno.symlinkSync("old/name", "new/name");
+ */
+export function symlinkSync(
+  oldname: string,
+  newname: string,
+  type?: string
+): void {
+  if (build.os === "win" && type) {
+    return util.notImplemented();
+  }
+  sendSync(dispatch.OP_SYMLINK, { oldname, newname });
+}
+
+/** Creates `newname` as a symbolic link to `oldname`. The type argument can be
+ * set to `dir` or `file` and is only available on Windows (ignored on other
+ * platforms).
+ *
+ *       await Deno.symlink("old/name", "new/name");
+ */
+export async function symlink(
+  oldname: string,
+  newname: string,
+  type?: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (build.os === "win" && type) {
+    return util.notImplemented();
+  }
+  await sendAsync(dispatch.OP_SYMLINK, { oldname, newname });
+}