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linkTo.GenericDataFile

Creates a symbolic file link

Creates a symbolic file link to a GenericDataFile at/from a given destination pathname.

## S3 method for class 'GenericDataFile'
linkTo(this, filename=getFilename(this), path=NULL, skip=!overwrite, overwrite=FALSE,
  ...)

`filename, path`	The filename and the path for the link. The default is to use the same filename as the source file.
`skip`	If `TRUE` and a file with the same name as argument `link` already exists, then the nothing is done.
`overwrite`	If `TRUE`, an existing link file is overwritten, otherwise not.
`...`	Additional arguments passed to `createLink`.

Returns a GenericDataFile (of the same class as the source file) referring to the file via the link.

In order for this method to succeed on Windows, the client/R session must run with sufficient privileges. See createLink for more details.

Henrik Bengtsson