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.

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