


READLINK(1)					      READLINK(1)


NAME
       readlink - resolve shell shortcuts

SYNOPSIS
       readlink link_file]

DESCRIPTION
       Readlink	 will  resolve	Windows	 shell links (shortcuts).
       Its single mandatory argument must be a Windows	shortcut.
       Readlink will resolve the shortcut's target and display it
       on its standard output.	Note that if a shortcut's  target
       is  changed (moved, renamed, deleted) Windows will attempt
       to locate the file using a set of heuristics.  As readlink
       uses  the Windows API for resolving shortcuts it will also
       try to locate targets.  provied text-based accedd  to  the
       Windows registry.


OPTIONS
       None.


EXAMPLE
       readlink shortcut.lnk
       will display the shortcut's target file.

SEE ALSO
       D.  Spinellis.	Outwit: Unix tool-based programming meets
       the Windows world.  In USENIX  2000  Technical  Conference
       Proceedings, pages 149-158, San Diego, CA, USA, June 2000,
       USENIX Association.


AUTHOR
       (C) Copyright 1999, 2000 Diomidis Spinellis.   All  rights
       reserved.

       Permission  to use, copy, and distribute this software and
       its documentation for  any  purpose  and	 without  fee  is
       hereby  granted,	 provided that the above copyright notice
       appear in all copies and that both that	copyright  notice
       and this permission notice appear in supporting documenta-
       tion.

       THIS SOFTWARE  IS  PROVIDED  ``AS  IS''	AND  WITHOUT  ANY
       EXPRESS	OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITA-
       TION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY	AND  FIT-
       NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

BUGS
       Links to special Windows folders will produce no output.



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