[R] Create and read symbolic links in Windows

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 03/05/2013 07:33, Santosh wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions. In windows (Windows 7, 64-bit), I couldn't
> get "file.symlink" to work, but "file.link" did return the result to be
> "TRUE" but at the target location, I did not see any link.
>
> Not sure I am missing anything more.. Hope it's nothing to do with
> administrator accounts and administrator rights... Is it something I
> should check with my system administrator?

You may need to update your R: although the posting guide asked you to 
do that before posting.  There was a relevant bug fix in 2.15.3.

>
> Thanks,
> Santosh
>
>
> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Prof Brian Ripley
> <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk <mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     On 02/05/2013 19:50, Santosh wrote:
>
>         Dear Rxperts..
>         Got a couple of quick q's..
>         I am using R in windows environment (both 32-bit and 64-bit)
>         a) Is there a way to create symbolic links to some data files?
>
>
>     See ?file.symlink.  ??'symbolic link' should have got you there.
>
>     Note that this is not very useful for files, but that is a Windows
>     and not an R restriction.
>
>
>      > b) How do I read data from symbolic links?
>
>     The same ways you read data from files.
>
>
>         Thanks so much..
>         Santosh
>
>
>
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