Usage
## S3 method for class 'default}(con, verbose=FALSE, ...)':
readWindowsShortcutundefined
Reads a Microsoft Windows Shortcut (.lnk file).
- con
{A connection
or a character
string (filename).}
- verbose
{If TRUE
, extra information is written while reading.}
- ...
{Not used.}
Returns a list
structure.
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)
The MIME type for a Windows Shortcut file is
application/x-ms-shortcut
.
[object Object]
filePath
[1] Wotsit's Format, http://www.wotsit.org/, 2005.
[2] Hager J, The Windows Shortcut File Format (as reverse-engineered by),
version 1.0.
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