npm link not supported on win32

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/link.js b/lib/link.js
index 57fffabf3..1115bc49c 100644
--- a/lib/link.js
+++ b/lib/link.js
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ link.completion = function (opts, cb) {
 }
 
 function link (args, cb) {
+  if (process.platform === "win32") {
+    var e = new Error("npm link not supported on windows")
+    e.code = "ENOTSUP"
+    e.errno = require("constants").ENOTSUP
+    return cb(e)
+  }
+
   if (npm.config.get("global")) {
     return cb(new Error("link should never be --global.\n"
                        +"Please re-run this command with --local"))