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lnkinfo LOCAL lnkinfo

NAME

lnkinfo —
determines information about a Windows Shortcut File (LNK)

SYNOPSIS

lnkinfo [-c codepage] [-hvV] source

DESCRIPTION

lnkinfo is a utility to determine information about a Windows Shortcut File (LNK)

lnkinfo is part of the liblnk package. liblnk is a library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format

source is the source file.

The options are as follows:

codepage
specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258
shows this help
verbose output to stderr
print version

ENVIRONMENT

None

FILES

None

EXAMPLES

# lnkinfo Calculator.lnk
lnkinfo 20140831

Windows Shortcut information:
	Contains a link target identifier
	Contains a description string
	Contains a working directory string
	Contains an environment variables block

Link information:
	Creation time			: Aug 10, 2004 16:54:24.000000000 UTC
	Modification time		: Aug 04, 2004 14:00:00.000000000 UTC
	Access time			: Jun 26, 2006 10:36:41.703125000 UTC
	File size			: 114688 bytes
	File attribute flags		: 0x00000020
		Should be archived (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
	Drive type			: Fixed (3)
	Drive serial number		: 0xc868f004
	Volume label			: System
	Local path			: C:WINDOWSstem32alc.exe
	Description			: @%SystemRoot%stem32ell32.dll,-22531
	Working directory		: C:WINDOWSstem32
	Environment variables location	: %SystemRoot%stem32alc.exe

Link target identifier:
	Shell item list
		Number of items		: 5

	Shell item: 1
		Item type		: Root folder
		Class type indicator	: 0x1f (Root folder)
		Shell folder identifier	: 20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d
		Shell folder name	: My Computer

	Shell item: 2
		Item type		: Volume
		Class type indicator	: 0x2f (Volume)
		Volume name		: C:
	Shell item: 3
		Item type		: File entry
		Class type indicator	: 0x31 (File entry: Directory)
		Name			: WINDOWS
		Modification time	: Dec 17, 2006 20:55:44
		File attribute flags	: 0x00000010
			Is directory (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
	Extension block: 1
		Signature		: 0xbeef0004 (File entry extension)
		Long name		: WINDOWS
		Creation time		: Feb 01, 2006 21:49:46
		Access time		: Dec 17, 2006 20:55:48

	Shell item: 4
		Item type		: File entry
		Class type indicator	: 0x31 (File entry: Directory)
		Name			: system32
		Modification time	: Nov 26, 2006 19:56:54
		File attribute flags	: 0x00000030
			Is directory (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)
			Should be archived (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
	Extension block: 1
		Signature		: 0xbeef0004 (File entry extension)
		Long name		: system32
		Creation time		: Feb 01, 2006 21:49:46
		Access time		: Dec 17, 2006 20:49:46

	Shell item: 5
		Item type		: File entry
		Class type indicator	: 0x32 (File entry: File)
		Name			: calc.exe
		Modification time	: Aug 04, 2004 14:00:00
		File attribute flags	: 0x00000020
			Should be archived (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE)
	Extension block: 1
		Signature		: 0xbeef0004 (File entry extension)
		Long name		: calc.exe
		Creation time		: Aug 10, 2004 16:54:24
		Access time		: Jun 26, 2006 10:36:42

Distributed link tracking data:
	Machine identifier		: hostname
	Droid volume identifier		: f6084ef7-7b6a-41e7-a286-e376c0ffd656
	Droid file identifier		: b7d0e438-4422-48b0-be9d-b4bc8794cef6
	Birth droid volume identifier	: f6084ef7-7b6a-41e7-a286-e376c0ffd656
	Birth droid file identifier	: b7d0e438-4422-48b0-be9d-b4bc8794cef6

DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website: https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/

AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009-2017, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

August 31, 2014 liblnk