createLinks

Create Windows shell link (.LNK) shortcuts, given a specified file format
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Updated 1 Sep 2016

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SYNTAX:
createLink(filterspec,startDirName,...
recurse,linktoDirName)
creates Windows shell link (.lnk) shortcuts to files specified by extensions in filterspec, for files in directory startDirName, including or excluding subdirectories, and writing links to directory linkToDirName.

INPUTS:
filterspec:
a cell array of extensions to include. Specify filterspec as: {'*.ext1';'*.ext2';'*ext3';...;'*.extn'}.

(NOTE: See help for UIGETFILE for a
discussion of filterspec.)

startDirName: the top-level directory from which to start searching for files to link. Default = pwd;

recurse: Logical (t/f); do you want to recurse (include sub-directories)? Default = false;

linkToDirName: The name of the directory in which you want to put the shortcuts. Default = pwd.

EXAMPLES:
Example 1: To create, in the current directory, links to all JPG or TIFF files in the current directory:

createLinks({'*.jpg';'*.jpeg';'*.tif';'*.tiff'})

Example 2: To create links to all files of type *.m in directory 'c:\mfiles', recursively, and place the links in directory 'c:\myMfileLinks':

createLinks({'*.m'},'c:\mfiles',true,'c:\myMfileLinks')

NOTE: To EXTRACT the target name from the links, file getTargetFromLink might be useful. (It is available on the MATLAB Central File Exchange.)

Cite As

Brett Shoelson (2024). createLinks (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/34948-createlinks), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2011b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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1.0.0.1

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1.0.0.0