Get LastWriteTime of SymLink's Target

Question

(Get-Item $SymLink).LastWriteTime return's the SymLink's last modified time and not the target's modified time.

How do I get the target's last modified time?

Answer 1

There appears to be no direct way, thus for now this will have to be done in two steps-

1. Get the path of the SymLink's target
2. Get the LastWriteTime from the target's path

To determine if its a symlink: Check if SymLink - PowerShell
To get the path:

1. use the Dir command's summary output - from which the target information can be snipped out - using RegEx.
2. or using Native API Call: GetFinalPathNameByHandle; see: Calling Unmanaged Code from PS