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I want to get the file size pointed by a Windows shortcut lnk file (not file-junction/symlink) under MinGW/GLib. The g_stat function in GLib tells me the size of a file or file-junction but not the size of the file pointed by an lnk file. Can anyone please help me here?

Anindya Chatterjee
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You should be using g_lstat instead (see here)

levengli
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  • g_lstat is no use for me here. I want the actual file's size, not the size of the link, which is what the use of g_lstat. `The lstat() function is like stat() except that in the case of symbolic links, it returns information about the symbolic link itself and not the file that it refers to` – Anindya Chatterjee Jul 11 '13 at 17:33