Question

In linux, when stat() is used with broken link files, it fails with -1. So I used lstat() which succeeded.

For the same case in windows, _stat() fails with broken shortcuts, but there is no _lstat() in windows. Please help to find the alternative for lstat() in windows.

Answer 1

GetFileAttributes or GetFileAttributesEx probably (if I understood stat and lstat right). Quoting from the docs:

Symbolic link behavior—If the path points to a symbolic link, the function returns attributes for the symbolic link.