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R.utils (version 1.1.1)

readWindowsShortcut: Reads a Microsoft Windows Shortcut (.lnk file)

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.
[3] Microsoft Developer Network, IShellLink Interface, 2008.
       http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb774950.aspx 
[4] Andrews D, Parsing Windows Shortcuts (lnk) files in java,
       comp.lang.java.help, Aug 1999.
       http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.help/browse_thread/thread/a2e147b07d5480a2/ 
[5] Multiple authors, Windows shell links (in Tcl), Tcler's Wiki,
       April 2008. http://wiki.tcl.tk/1844


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