Finding the UNC path of a symlink'ed directory

Hi Scripting Guys,
I have multiple powershell scripts which access data files on a remote networked machine working through a symlink on the local machine. This way the remote fiile location isn't coded in the scripts, and if we decide to change the location of the data then
only the symlink needs to be recreated. So, for example, "c:\my_scripting\my_symlink\" in fact takes you to "\\remote_machine\my_data\"
In a script I am working on now, I have a need to be able to retrieve the UNC path of the remote data directory, in other words - where is my_symlink pointing to?
Can you help me with this please?
Cheers,
Colin

Here's my solution so far (assuming only one reparse point in the local starting directory):
# get the remote path associated with my_symlink
[string] $uncPath = &cmd /C dir /AL *
$uncPath = $uncPath.Split("[`[`]]")[1]
# get the logical disk object
$networkDrive = $uncPath.SubString(0,2)
$logicalDisk = Gwmi Win32_LogicalDisk -filter "DriveType = 4 AND DeviceID = '$networkDrive'"
# replace the network drive letter with provider name
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