NAME
readlink - print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
SYNOPSIS
readlink [OPTION]... FILE
DESCRIPTION
Print value of a symbolic link or canonical file name
-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 readlink bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report readlink translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <http://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.
SEE ALSO
readlink(2)
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 coreutils 'readlink invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.