Python development

liblnk comes with Python-bindings named pylnk.

Below are examples how use pylnk. They assume you have a working version of pylnk on your system. To build pylnk see Building.

Import

To be able to use pylnk in your Python scripts add the following import:

import pylnk

Get version

The get_version() module function can be used to retrieve the version of the pylnk.

pylnk.get_version()

This will return a textual string (Unicode) that contains the liblnk version. Since pylnk is a wrapper around liblnk it does not have a separate version.

Open file

Open a file by path

lnk_file = pylnk.file()

lnk_file.open("calc.lnk")

...

lnk_file.close()

The explicit call to lnk_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed.

Open a file using a file-like object

file_object = open("calc.lnk", "rb")

lnk_file = pylnk.file()

lnk_file.open_file_object(file_object)

...

lnk_file.close()

The explicit call to lnk_file.close() is not required. Close only must be called once all operations on the file have been completed and will not close the file-like object itself.

Also see

import pylnk

help(pylnk)
help(pylnk.file)