lnkinfo(1)


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:

     -c 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

     -h      shows this help

     -v      verbose output to stderr

     -V      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:WINDOWStem32        Description                     : @%SystemRoot%tem32ll32.dll,-22531
         Working directory               : C:WINDOWStem32
         Environment variables location  : %SystemRoot%tem32
     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) 2009-2016, 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.

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