wchar_t *zMbcs;

  /* does oldpath exist? is it a dir or a file? */  
  zMbcs = fossil_utf8_to_filename(oldpath);
  if (win32_stat(zMbcs, &stat) == 0){
    if (stat.st_mode == S_IFDIR)
      flags = SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_DIRECTORY;
  }
  fossil_filename_free(zMbcs);

  /* remove newpath before creating the symlink */
  zMbcs = fossil_utf8_to_filename(newpath);
  if (win32_stat(zMbcs, &stat) == 0){
    if (stat.st_mode == S_IFDIR)
      RemoveDirectory(newpath);
    else
      DeleteFile(newpath);


  }
  fossil_filename_free(zMbcs);

  if (CreateSymbolicLink(newpath, oldpath, flags))
    created = 1;

  /* if the symlink was not created, create a plain text file */
  if (!created){
    Blob content;
    blob_set(&content, oldpath);
    blob_write_to_file(&content, newpath);
    blob_reset(&content);