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Re: Problem with symbolic links in b18
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Problem with symbolic links in b18
- From: Benjamin Riefenstahl <benny at crocodial dot de>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 14:59:14 +0100
- Organization: Crocodial Communications EntwicklungsGmbH
- References: <19980205131913.6325.qmail@hotmail.com>
Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Well, since you mentioned the shortcuts .lnk and .pif files, what is the
> structure for the data in those files? I'm working on a project and I
> need to know how the files are laid out.
AFAIK officially these are undocumented. In Win95/NT they can be
accessed via OLE objects exported by the Explorer shell.
There is a seemingly incomplete description of PIFs at
http://www.wotsit.demon.co.uk/binaries.htm .
Another one is on CompuServe (UC793.ASC in the DDJFORUM, section 0).
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Benjamin Riefenstahl (benny@crocodial.de)
Crocodial Communications EntwicklungsGmbH
Ophagen 16a, D-20257 Hamburg, Germany
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