| readWindowsShortcut {R.utils} | R Documentation |
Reads a Microsoft Windows Shortcut (.lnk file).
## Default S3 method: readWindowsShortcut(con, verbose=FALSE, ...)
con |
A connection or a character string (filename). |
verbose |
If TRUE, extra information is written while reading. |
... |
Not used. |
The MIME type for a Windows Shortcut file is
application/x-ms-shortcut.
Returns a list structure.
Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)
[1] Wotsit's Format, http://www.wotsit.org/, 2005.
filename <- system.file("data-ex/HISTORY.LNK", package="R.utils")
lnk <- readWindowsShortcut(filename)
# Print all information
print(lnk)
# Get the relative path to the target file
history <- file.path(dirname(filename), lnk$relativePath)
# Alternatively, everything in one call
history <- filePath(filename, expandLinks="relative")
file.show(history)