Re: Urgent: How do I find real file instead of link

[david]

Ohad Ohad wrote:

> I have a link and want the real file that it is pointing to.
> 
> This means also if I have a linked list of links I want to get the real
> file at the end.
> 

try readlink and -l:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

for(qw(file1 file2 file3)){
        print "$_ -> ",readlink,"\n" if -l;
}

__END__

david

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