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realpath (1)

Name

realpath - print the resolved path

Synopsis

realpath [OPTION]... FILE...

Description

REALPATH(1)                      User Commands                     REALPATH(1)



NAME
       realpath - print the resolved path

SYNOPSIS
       realpath [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Print  the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must
       exist

       -e, --canonicalize-existing
              all components of the path must exist

       -m, --canonicalize-missing
              no path components need exist or be a directory

       -L, --logical
              resolve '..' components before symlinks

       -P, --physical
              resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

       -q, --quiet
              suppress most error messages

       --relative-to=DIR
              print the resolved path relative to DIR

       --relative-base=DIR
              print absolute paths unless paths below DIR

       -s, --strip, --no-symlinks
              don't expand symlinks

       -z, --zero
              end each output line with NUL, not newline

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Padraig Brady.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report   realpath   translation   bugs   to    <https://translationpro-
       ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
       +---------------+--------------------+

SEE ALSO
       readlink(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)

       Full  documentation  at:  <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/real-
       path>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) realpath invocation'



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded  from   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/core-
       utils-8.30.tar.xz.

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



GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                       REALPATH(1)