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__NAME__


readlink - display target of symbolic link on standard out-
put
__SYNOPSIS__


readlink [[-fn] file
__DESCRIPTION__


The readlink utility when invoked with the pathname of a
symbolic link as its argument dereferences the symbolic link
and prints the name of target on standard output. If read-
link is invoked with an argument other than the pathname of
a symbolic link, it exits with a non-zero exit code without
printing anything.


The following options are available:
       -f


Using realpath(3), canonicalize by following every sym-link in every component of the given path  recursively.Note that the resultant pathname might not exist,-nDo not print a trailing newline character.The  readlink  utility  exits 0 on success or __NOTE__


Debian packages using readlink in maintainer scripts must
depend on debianutils
__SEE ALSO__


readlink(2) realpath(3)
__HISTORY__


The readlink utility first appeared in Open
BSD .


BSD August 18, 1997 1
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