I have a folder C:\the Junction\test
, which is actually a junction, and the real path (target) is D:\the real\path\to\the folder
.
How can I find out that real target path in VBScript?
I have a folder C:\the Junction\test
, which is actually a junction, and the real path (target) is D:\the real\path\to\the folder
.
How can I find out that real target path in VBScript?
I'm not aware of a way to get this information with plain VBScript, but you can shell out to fsutil
to extract this information:
foldername = "C:\the Junction\test"
Set sh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fsutil = sh.Exec("fsutil reparsepoint query """ & foldername & """")
Do While fsutil.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
If fsutil.ExitCode <> 0 Then
WScript.Echo "An error occurred (" & fsutil.ExitCode & ")."
WScript.Quit fsutil.ExitCode
End If
Set re = New RegExp
re.Pattern = "Substitute Name:\s+(.*)"
For Each m In re.Execute(fsutil.StdOut.ReadAll)
targetPath = m.SubMatches(0)
Next
WScript.Echo targetPath
Change the pattern to Substitute Name:\s+\\\?\?\\(.*)
if you want to exclude the leading \??\
from the path.
Give a try this code:
Set p = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Exec("cmd /c @echo off & for /f ""tokens=5,6"" %a IN ('dir ""c:\the junction"" /a:d ^|find ""test""') do echo The real path of ""%a"" is %b")
Do While p.Status = 0
WScript.Sleep 100
Loop
WScript.Echo p.StdOut.ReadAll