.. _interface-analysis_drivers-system-work_directory-link_files:

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Paths to be linked into each working directory


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**Specification**

- *Alias:* None

- *Arguments:* STRINGLIST

- *Default:* no linked files


**Description**


Specifies the paths (files or directories) that will be symbolically
linked from each working directory.  Wildcards using * and ? are
permitted.  Linking is space-saving and useful for files not modified
during the function evaluation.  However, not all filesystems support
linking, for example, support on Windows varies.



**Examples**


Specifying

.. code-block::

      link_files = 'siminput*.in' '/path/to/simdir1' 'simdir2/*'

will create copies

.. code-block::

      workdir/siminput*.in  # links to each of rundir / siminput*.in
      workdir/simdir1/      # whole directory simdir1 linked
      workdir/*             # each entry in directory simdir2 linked