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When I execute dir \al (Attribute: Reparse Points), I get a result that lists reparse points. The following output is easy enough to understand with columns being Date Modified, Time Modified, Dir Type (empty if it's a file), File Size in bytes (empty if it's a directory), and Reparse Point Link [Reparse Point Target]

Directory of X:\Desktop\***

2013/10/17  10:07  <JUNCTION>    Application Data [C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming]

However the following result shows [Reparse Point Target] of [...] but what does it mean? (Side Note: bin seems to be a File when viewed through Windows' File Explorer.)

Directory of X:\Desktop\***\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu22.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs

2022/04/23  11:08  <JUNCTION>    bin [...]

I am trying to figure what it means but where can I find a documentation for deciphering the output of Windows' dir command? The Microsoft's documentation for dir (Docs / Windows Server / Windows Commands / Reference / dir) doesn't help much.

Lastly is the following output result of dir \al (Attribute: Reparse Points), for a Hard Link file?

Directory of X:\Desktop\***\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu22.04LTS_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\dev

2022/04/23  11:08          0  console

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  • While inside the `rootfs` folder, `fsutil.exe reparsePoint query "bin"` might reveal more information about that curious [...] entry. – leeharvey1 Jun 10 '22 at 14:01
  • @leeharvey1 As you probably have suspected, I have **WSL version 1 with Ubuntu-22.04** (`wsl -l -v`) installed. So, when I execute your specified command of `fsutil.exe reparsePoint query "bin"` at `rootfs`, I get multiple output lines with the last line's last segment showing `....usr/bin`. Thanks for the tip. – mak Jun 11 '22 at 03:23

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