Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/08/12/15:22:01
> > I understand that Windows shortcuts and symlinks are different and the
> > reasons why they are different. However, I want to be able to process
> > files pointed to by Windows shortcuts using Cygwin utilities. In order
> > to be able to do this, I need a utility that will take a Windows
> > shortcut name, xxx.lnk, and return either a Cygwin (preferred) or
> > Windows path to the target of the shortcut. I could then do something
> > like:
> >
> > cyg_utility `shortcut_deref win_shortcut.lnk`
> >
> > Does this utility exist? If not, does anyone have sufficient information
> > on the Windows shortcut structure to allow me to write one?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Take a look at the source of mkshortcut in the cygutils package. If you
> do write a "readshortcut" program, please consider submitting it to Chuck
> Wilson for inclusion into the cygutils package (as a complement to
> mkshortcut).
> Igor
> --
I'm working on this. The functionality is pretty much done and working, in
addition to cygutils integration. Now I just have to make it presentable.
This will either be done in a couple days, or in a couple of weeks (getting
married this weekend).
If you want something basic that you can use in the meanwhile, I can post a
binary somewhere.
Rob Siklos.
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