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()