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Re: A request for addition of a command
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: A request for addition of a command |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:01:02 +0100 |
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> Kamil Dudka wrote:
>
>> Actually I don't know if we have some utility equivalent to
>> canonicalize_file_name() function in coreutils now.
>
> We do. It's called readlink:
>
> Usage: readlink [OPTION]... FILE
> Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.
>
> -f, --canonicalize canonicalize by following every symlink in
> every component of the given name recursively;
> all but the last component must exist
> -e, --canonicalize-existing canonicalize by following every symlink in
> every component of the given name recursively,
> all components must exist
> -m, --canonicalize-missing canonicalize by following every symlink in
> every component of the given name recursively,
> without requirements 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
Hi Robert,
I new of the existence of the realpath(1) command on FreeBSD,
but I just noticed that it was added to debian, by splitting
it from the dwww package (that no longer needs it):
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/realpath
I was wondering why add this now, when readlink(1)
has been available on linux all along?
Perhaps it would be better to add an option to readlink
to not resolve symlinks?
thanks,
Pádraig.
- Re: A request for addition of a command, (continued)
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Jim Meyering, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Kamil Dudka, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Jim Meyering, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Kamil Dudka, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Jim Meyering, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Kamil Dudka, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Pádraig Brady, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Jim Meyering, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command, Pádraig Brady, 2009/07/24
- [PATCH] doc: mention realpath in the readlink info, Pádraig Brady, 2009/07/24
- Re: A request for addition of a command,
Pádraig Brady <=
Re: A request for addition of a command, Tak Ota, 2009/07/24
Re: A request for addition of a command, James Youngman, 2009/07/26
Re: A request for addition of a command, Tak Ota, 2009/07/27