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Steve
Steve

Reputation: 12004

How to check what symbolic links are used in a folder in Windows 7

I've been looking at the Windows 7 symbolic links (using mklink) [Edit - they are also supported on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008]. Is it possible to programmatically determine if a folder is a symlink?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 566

Answers (1)

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354456

Use GetFileAttributes and check for FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT.

ETA: Since you clarified now that you're doing this from C#, you can do this natively there:

System.IO.File.GetAttributes("some/path")

You can check for the ReparsePoint flag in the returned enum value.

Upvotes: 3

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