From bfc7c4d3792b1c4e6d0617d9da177e2df4aa7262 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Witt <switt@lyx.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 22:08:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] #7896 add support for symlink creation by the LyX binary
 itself

---
 src/support/FileName.cpp | 6 ++++++
 src/support/FileName.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/support/FileName.cpp b/src/support/FileName.cpp
index 729287d6f2..9506666d27 100644
--- a/src/support/FileName.cpp
+++ b/src/support/FileName.cpp
@@ -490,6 +490,12 @@ bool FileName::chdir() const
 }
 
 
+bool FileName::link(FileName const & name) const
+{
+	return QFile::link(toqstr(absFileName()), toqstr(name.absFileName()));
+}
+
+
 unsigned long checksum_ifstream_fallback(char const * file)
 {
 	unsigned long result = 0;
diff --git a/src/support/FileName.h b/src/support/FileName.h
index f0d1b54748..cfa0c653e6 100644
--- a/src/support/FileName.h
+++ b/src/support/FileName.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public:
 	/// the symlink will be destroyed).
 	/// \return true on success.
 	bool moveTo(FileName const & target) const;
+	bool link(FileName const & name) const;
 
 	/// change mode of pointed file.
 	/// This methods does nothing and return true on platforms that does not