'Create a symbolic link named C{name} pointing at C{target}.
@type target: C{str}
@type name: C{str}
@raise SkipTest: raised if symbolic links are not supported on the
host platform.'

def symlink(self, target, name):

    if symlinkSkip:
        raise SkipTest(symlinkSkip)
    os.symlink(target, name)
