Getting to original File location

If i have a shortcut file how can i get the original file location using File handling?

Eg: File location : C:\...Rav.txt

Desktop Shortcut: Rav.txt

now i want the location of Rav.txt i.e C:\...Rav.txt

Thanx in advance

I;m not sure if windows shortcut files are understood by Java to resolve to the real file. In unix anyway, when we have a path to a symbolic link, doing the File.getCanonicalPath() works.

I don't have windows to test this though.

But i need it for windows is there any way of getting the properties of a file from there we can get the path