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Get the Target of a Windows Shortcut

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Demonstrates how to get the target of a Windows shortcut.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    const fac = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();

    const target_path = fac.symlinkTarget(alloc, "qa_data/my_shortcut") catch {
        std.debug.print("Failed to get shortcut target.\n", .{});
        return;
    };

    std.debug.print("target path = {s}\n", .{target_path});
}