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liblnk(3)		     Library Functions Manual		       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

liblnk				October 28, 2023		       liblnk(3)

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