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+// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import * as fbs from "gen/msg_generated";
+import { flatbuffers } from "flatbuffers";
+import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
+import * as util from "./util";
+
+/**
+ * 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).
+ *
+ *     import { symlinkSync } from "deno";
+ *     symlinkSync("old/name", "new/name");
+ */
+export function symlinkSync(
+  oldname: string,
+  newname: string,
+  type?: string
+): void {
+  dispatch.sendSync(...req(oldname, newname, type));
+}
+
+/**
+ * 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).
+ *
+ *     import { symlink } from "deno";
+ *     await symlink("old/name", "new/name");
+ */
+export async function symlink(
+  oldname: string,
+  newname: string,
+  type?: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  await dispatch.sendAsync(...req(oldname, newname, type));
+}
+
+function req(
+  oldname: string,
+  newname: string,
+  type?: string
+): [flatbuffers.Builder, fbs.Any, flatbuffers.Offset] {
+  // TODO Use type for Windows.
+  if (type) {
+    return util.notImplemented();
+  }
+  const builder = new flatbuffers.Builder();
+  const oldname_ = builder.createString(oldname);
+  const newname_ = builder.createString(newname);
+  fbs.Symlink.startSymlink(builder);
+  fbs.Symlink.addOldname(builder, oldname_);
+  fbs.Symlink.addNewname(builder, newname_);
+  const msg = fbs.Symlink.endSymlink(builder);
+  return [builder, fbs.Any.Symlink, msg];
+}