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+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package testenv
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+var symlinkOnce sync.Once
+var winSymlinkErr error
+
+func initWinHasSymlink() {
+	tmpdir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "symtest")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed to create temp directory: " + err.Error())
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpdir)
+
+	err = os.Symlink("target", filepath.Join(tmpdir, "symlink"))
+	if err != nil {
+		err = err.(*os.LinkError).Err
+		switch err {
+		case syscall.EWINDOWS, syscall.ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD:
+			winSymlinkErr = err
+		}
+	}
+	os.Remove("target")
+}
+
+func hasSymlink() (ok bool, reason string) {
+	symlinkOnce.Do(initWinHasSymlink)
+
+	switch winSymlinkErr {
+	case nil:
+		return true, ""
+	case syscall.EWINDOWS:
+		return false, ": symlinks are not supported on your version of Windows"
+	case syscall.ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD:
+		return false, ": you don't have enough privileges to create symlinks"
+	}
+
+	return false, ""
+}