liblnk(3)

NAME
liblnk.h - Library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format

SYNOPSIS
#include <liblnk.h>

Support functions
const char *
liblnk_get_version(void);
int
liblnk_get_access_flags_read(void);
int
liblnk_get_codepage(int *codepage, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_set_codepage(int codepage, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_check_file_signature(const char *filename, liblnk_error_t **error);

Available when compiled with wide character string support:
int
liblnk_check_file_signature_wide(const wchar_t *filename, liblnk_error_t **error);

Available when compiled with libbfio support:
int
liblnk_check_file_signature_file_io_handle(libbfio_handle_t *file_io_handle, liblnk_error_t **error);

Notify functions
void
liblnk_notify_set_verbose(int verbose);
int
liblnk_notify_set_stream(FILE *stream, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_notify_stream_open(const char *filename, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_notify_stream_close(liblnk_error_t **error);

Error functions
void
liblnk_error_free(liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_error_fprint(liblnk_error_t *error, FILE *stream);
int
liblnk_error_sprint(liblnk_error_t *error, char *string, size_t size);
int
liblnk_error_backtrace_fprint(liblnk_error_t *error, FILE *stream);
int
liblnk_error_backtrace_sprint(liblnk_error_t *error, char *string, size_t size);

File functions
int
liblnk_file_initialize(liblnk_file_t **file, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_free(liblnk_file_t **file, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_signal_abort(liblnk_file_t *file, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_open(liblnk_file_t *file, const char *filename, int access_flags, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_close(liblnk_file_t *file, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_ascii_codepage(liblnk_file_t *file, int *ascii_codepage, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_set_ascii_codepage(liblnk_file_t *file, int ascii_codepage, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_is_corrupted(liblnk_file_t *file, liblnk_error_t **error);

Available when compiled with wide character string support:
int
liblnk_file_open_wide(liblnk_file_t *file, const wchar_t *filename, int access_flags, liblnk_error_t **error);

Available when compiled with libbfio support:
int
liblnk_file_open_file_io_handle(liblnk_file_t *file, libbfio_handle_t *file_io_handle, int access_flags, liblnk_error_t **error);

Link information functions
int
liblnk_file_get_data_flags(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *data_flags, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_data_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size64_t *data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_link_refers_to_file(liblnk_file_t *file, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_file_creation_time(liblnk_file_t *file, uint64_t *filetime, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_file_modification_time(liblnk_file_t *file, uint64_t *filetime, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_file_access_time(liblnk_file_t *file, uint64_t *filetime, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_file_size(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *file_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_icon_index(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *icon_index, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_show_window_value(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *show_window_value, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_hot_key_value(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *hot_key_value, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_file_attribute_flags(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *file_attribute_flags, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_drive_type(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *drive_type, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_drive_serial_number(liblnk_file_t *file, uint32_t *drive_serial_number, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_volume_label_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_volume_label(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_volume_label_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_volume_label(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_local_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_local_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_local_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_local_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_network_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_network_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_network_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_network_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_description_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_description(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_description_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_description(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_relative_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_relative_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_relative_path_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_relative_path(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_working_directory_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_working_directory(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_working_directory_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_working_directory(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_command_line_arguments_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_command_line_arguments(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_command_line_arguments_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_command_line_arguments(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_icon_location_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf8_icon_location(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_icon_location_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_utf16_icon_location(liblnk_file_t *file, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_link_target_identifier_data_size(liblnk_file_t *file, size_t *data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_copy_link_target_identifier_data(liblnk_file_t *file, uint8_t *data, size_t data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);

Distributed link tracking data functions
int
liblnk_file_has_distributed_link_tracking_data(liblnk_file_t *file, liblnk_error_t **error);

Extra data block functions
int
liblnk_file_get_number_of_data_blocks(liblnk_file_t *file, int *number_of_data_blocks, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_file_get_data_block_by_index(liblnk_file_t *file, int data_block_index, liblnk_data_block_t **data_block, liblnk_error_t **error);

Data block functions
int
liblnk_data_block_free(liblnk_data_block_t **data_block, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_data_block_get_signature(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint32_t *signature, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_data_block_get_data_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_data_block_copy_data(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *data, size_t data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);

Strings data block functions
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf8_string_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf8_string(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf16_string_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf16_string(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf8_path_string_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf8_path_string(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf16_path_string_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_strings_data_block_get_utf16_path_string(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);

Distributed link tracking data block functions
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_utf8_machine_identifier_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_utf8_machine_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *utf8_string, size_t utf8_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_utf16_machine_identifier_size(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, size_t *utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_utf16_machine_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint16_t *utf16_string, size_t utf16_string_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_droid_volume_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *guid_data, size_t guid_data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_droid_file_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *guid_data, size_t guid_data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_birth_droid_volume_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *guid_data, size_t guid_data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);
int
liblnk_distributed_link_tracking_data_block_get_birth_droid_file_identifier(liblnk_data_block_t *data_block, uint8_t *guid_data, size_t guid_data_size, liblnk_error_t **error);

DESCRIPTION
The liblnk_get_version() function is used to retrieve the library version.

RETURN VALUES
Most of the functions return NULL or -1 on error, dependent on the return type. For the actual return values see "liblnk.h".

ENVIRONMENT
None

FILES
None

NOTES
liblnk can be compiled with wide character support (wchar_t).

To compile liblnk with wide character support use: ./configure --enable-wide-character-type=yes or define: _UNICODE or UNICODE during compilation.

LIBLNK_WIDE_CHARACTER_TYPE in liblnk/features.h can be used to determine if liblnk was compiled with wide character support.

BUGS
Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/liblnk/issues

AUTHOR
These man pages are generated from "liblnk.h".

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009-2024, 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
the liblnk.h include file