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Create a symbolic link pointing to *source* named *link_name*.
On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not
morph to the target dynamically. If *target_is_directory* is set to ``True``,
the symlink will be created as a directory symlink, otherwise as a file symlink
(the default). On non-Window platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored.
morph to the target dynamically. If the target is present, the type of the
symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created
as a directory if *target_is_directory* is ``True`` or a file symlink (the
default) otherwise. On non-Window platforms, *target_is_directory* is ignored.
Symbolic link support was introduced in Windows 6.0 (Vista). :func:`symlink`
will raise a :exc:`NotImplementedError` on Windows versions earlier than 6.0.
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to the administrator level. Either obtaining the privilege or running your
application as an administrator are ways to successfully create symlinks.
:exc:`OSError` is raised when the function is called by an unprivileged
user.