What does MoveFile do when the destination exists and is a symbolic link?

Question

These pages do not explain the behavior of the MoveFile function when the destination exists and is a symbolic link:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winbase/nf-winbase-movefile
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/symbolic-links

In particular, what happens in the following cases:

• The symbolic link points to a file
• The symbolic link points to a directory
• The symbolic link is broken

If the move succeeds, does it replace the link itself, or the file that the link points to?

What happens if the link points to the source?