lnkinfo(1)

is a utility to determine information about a Windows Shortcut File (LNK) is part of the package.

Section 1 liblnk-utils bookworm source

Description

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:

-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) 2009-2018, 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 liblnk August 31, 2014 lnkinfo()