stat(1) badly needs flag to just print name of the symlink
Is it true that there is no stat(1) flag to just print the link name?
All one can find is
%N - Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
$ stat -c %N s1mp3.backup
`s1mp3.backup' -> `/mnt/extra10/s1mp3'
meaning the user must be dragged over the coals to do
$ stat -c %N s1mp3.backup |perl -F\'\|\` -anwle '{print $F[3]}'
/mnt/extra10/s1mp3
or
$ perl -wle 'print readlink($ARGV[0])' s1mp3.backup
/mnt/extra10/s1mp3
(P.S., I'm not talking about -L, --dereference.)
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Re: stat(1) badly needs flag to just print name of the symlink
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/16/2008 2:05 PM: > Is it true that there is no stat(1) flag to just print the link name? What's wrong with readlink(1)? - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjQQwEACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCzEgCcDWCuREilPWftXVr0Ar6x51+l 5Y4AoIVrEl+YCZa50hTk9QZFK7mnsmY5 =nDZM -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: stat(1) badly needs flag to just print name of the symlink
EB> What's wrong with readlink(1)? OK, I will let you off the hook if you enhance the stat(1) man page to please say something like: %N Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link For just the dereference name, see readlink(1). ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
