H5Lget_info() identifies the type of link specified by the the h5loc
and name arguments. This is more limited than the equivalent function in
the standard HDF5 library.
H5Lget_info(h5loc, name)An object of class H5IdComponent representing a H5 location identifier (file or group).
The name of the link to be queried.
A character vector of length 1 giving the type of link. Possible
values are:
H5L_TYPE_HARD, H5L_TYPE_SOFT, H5L_TYPE_EXTERNAL, H5L_TYPE_ERROR