Hello Kamil, Kamil Rytarowski writes: > I propose to import realpath(1) from FreeBSD. > > It is a small program with less than 100 LOC. > > https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/tree/master/bin/realpath > > The FreeBSD version works as-is (after patching __FBSDID and __dead2). > > realpath(1) is a part of coreutils on Linux and sometimes programs use > it unconditionally, especially vlc in build rules. Avoiding coreutils > for just a single program is a win. >
At least after skimming the man page - except for the no argument different semantic - couldn't `readlink -vf' be used instead?
