This action creates a link in the file system to another file.  The link can be a symbolic or a hard link.

Supported Platforms

All Platforms

Standard Properties 

See Standard Action Properties.

Advanced Properties

Link Name

The file name of the link to create on the target system.  This file will point to another file in the file system.  If the path is relative, it will be made relative to <%InstallDir%>.

Link Target

The target file of the link to create.  The new file link will point to this file.  If the path is relative, it will be made relative to <%InstallDir%>.

Link Type

The type of link to create: hard or symbolic.

Examples

The following values create a symbolic link from our program executable into /usr/local/bin.

Link Name:   /usr/local/bin/myprogram

Link Target: <%InstallDir%>/myprogram

Link Type:   symbolic