[Plugin Request] Copy of shortcut's target

[Hakarien]

I need the following functionality.

Given a directory containing Windows shortcuts (.lnk), I would like to create a copy of the target files in the opposite panel.

What for ?
Let say you put all your files in one container (directory) and have several projects, customers, etc... organized only with shortcuts.
If you want to take with you a copy of all the files for one project you need a functionality like this.

For techies: Doing this with hardlinks is ok only if all files hare on the same volume, which is hardly the case nowadays.

[Sheepdog]

I'm not sure but I think there is already a plugin with this functionality. Please search at http://www.totalcmd.net/ .

sheepdog

[Hakarien]

Yes, thanx. It's copylinktarget

I din't find it on a seach with "shortcut" but you'e right it was there buried down a "copy" search.

Sorry for not having finding it sooner

[majkinetor]

I don't like about that plugin the fact that I have to press CTRL + B every time I use it. Lefty, please make this default behavior.

I currently use console tool for this... its name is ReadLink.exe (~32K). This is a batch script I use, and U add it to the Start menu as
  Program: CopyLink.bat
  Params: %N "%T"

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set LINK="%~1"
set FNAME=""
set DEST="%~2"

for /F %%i in ('readlink %LINK%') do set FNAME=%%i
copy %FNAME% %DEST% >nul

Now, with cursor on link, just select start->copy link , and you will heave it in oposite pannel.

[van Dusen]

Thanks, majkinetor!

Little addition: readlink.exe is also part of the outwit-suite:
http://www.dmst.aueb.gr/dds/sw/outwit/

It contains the following tools:

• winclip - Access the windows clipboard
• winreg - manipulate the windows registry
• docprop - read document properties
• odbc - select data from relational databases
• readlink - resolve shell shortcuts
• readlog - access the windows event log

[majkinetor]

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Yup, that's where I found it also.

Winclip is very useful tool. I found to be very hard to find good console clipbard application but this works very nice.

U can do things like:

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   dir | winclip -c
   winclip -p

which is great.
U can also use this technique to save command prompt commands without using anoying windows alternative. If you heave command like:

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c:>some very long commad here

just add | winclip -c at the end and press HOME and add echo

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c:>echo some very long command here | winclip -c