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sbase/readlink.1
sin 11fee4c8ba readlink: Remove broken support for -m and -e
There is no need to bloat readlink with these options.  No one has
ever used them anyway.
2015-11-16 16:30:19 +00:00

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.Dd 2015-11-16
.Dt READLINK 1
.Os sbase
.Sh NAME
.Nm readlink
.Nd print symbolic link target or canonical file name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f
.Op Fl n
.Ar path
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
writes the target of
.Ar path ,
if it is a symbolic link, to stdout.
If not,
.Nm
exits with a non-zero return value.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f
Canonicalize
.Ar path ,
which needn't be a symlink,
by recursively following every symlink in its path components.
.It Fl n
Do not print the terminating newline.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr readlink 2 ,
.Xr realpath 3