zName = zBuf;
      memcpy(zName, zLinkFile, nName+1);
    }
    nName = file_simplify_name(zName, nName, 0);
    for(i=1; i<nName; i++){
      if( zName[i]=='/' ){
        zName[i] = 0;
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
        /*
        ** On Windows, local path looks like: C:/develop/project/file.txt
        ** The if stops us from trying to create a directory of a drive letter
        ** C: in this example.
        */
        if (!(i == 2 && zName[1] == ':')){
#endif
          if( file_mkdir(zName, 1) ){
            fossil_fatal_recursive("unable to create directory %s", zName);
            return;
          }
#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
        }
#endif
        zName[i] = '/';
      }
    }
#if !defined(_WIN32)
    if( symlink(zTargetFile, zName)!=0 )
#else
    if( win32_symlink(zTargetFile, zName)!=0 )