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NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject (ntdll)
 
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Summary
Retrieves the target of a symbolic link.

C# Signature:

[DllImport("ntdll.dll")]
public static extern int NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject(
   SafeFileHandle LinkHandle,
   ref UNICODE_STRING LinkTarget,
   out int ReturnedLength);

User-Defined Types:

UNICODE_STRING

Alternative Managed API:

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Notes:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

Requires buffers. For example:

int len;
var buffer = new UNICODE_STRING(new string(' ', 512));
NtQuerySymbolicLinkObject(h, ref buffer, out len);
Debug.WriteLine(buffer.ToString());

Sample Code:

cf. NtOpenSymbolicLinkObject

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