readlink (1)

Name

readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

Synopsis

readlink [OPTION]... FILE

Description

User Commands                                         READLINK(1)



NAME
     readlink  - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file
     name

SYNOPSIS
     readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
     Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name

     -f, --canonicalize
          canonicalize by following every symlink in every compo-
          nent  of  the  given name recursively; all but the last
          component must exist

     -e, --canonicalize-existing
          canonicalize by following every symlink in every compo-
          nent of the given name recursively, all components must
          exist

     -m, --canonicalize-missing
          canonicalize by following every symlink in every compo-
          nent  of  the  given name recursively, without require-
          ments on components existence

     -n, --no-newline
          do not output the trailing newline

     -q, --quiet,

     -s, --silent
          suppress most error messages

     -v, --verbose
          report error messages

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

AUTHOR
     Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report readlink bugs to [email protected]
     GNU coreutils home page:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General  help  using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report       readlink       translation       bugs        to



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User Commands                                         READLINK(1)



     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright  (C)  2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
     GPLv3+:     GNU     GPL     version     3      or      later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This  is  free  software:  you are free to change and redis-
     tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See   attributes(5)   for   descriptions  of  the  following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     readlink(2)

     The full documentation for readlink is maintained as a  Tex-
     info manual.  If the info and readlink programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info coreutils 'readlink invocation'

     should give you access to the complete manual.



NOTES
     This  software  was   built   from   source   available   at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.    The  original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further  information about this software can be found on the
     open source community  website  at  http://www.gnu.org/soft-
     ware/coreutils/.











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