NAME
readlink - display value of a symbolic link
SYNOPSIS
readlink
[OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
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
AUTHOR
Written by Dmitry V. Levin.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
readlink
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
readlink
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info readlink
should give you access to the complete manual.
