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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-24 10:18:52 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2000-11-24 10:18:52 +0000
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Let the pwd program double as realpath(1).
This lets you resolve pathnames to their underlying physical path: critter# realpath /sys/kern/subr_disk.c /freebsd/src/sys/kern/subr_disk.c Update the pwd man-page slightly.
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
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+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
+.\" From: src/bin/pwd/pwd.1,v 1.11 2000/11/20 11:39:39 ru Exp
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd November 24, 2000
+.Dt REALPATH 1
+.Os FreeBSD 5.0
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm realpath
+.Nd return resolved physical path
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Ar path
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm realpath
+uses the
+.Xr realpath 3
+function to resolve all symbolic links, extra
+.Qo
+/
+.Qc
+characters and references to
+.Pa /./
+and
+.Pa /../
+in
+.Ar path .
+.Pp
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr realpath 3
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