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bug#13464: Readlink Bug - Displays absolute path of a non existent file

From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#13464: Readlink Bug - Displays absolute path of a non existent file also
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:46:28 +0000
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On 01/16/2013 06:05 PM, PK wrote:

Hi,
readlink -m <file> displays the absolute path of a <file>

The bug is that it displays, even if the file is non-existent.

This does not solve the purpose and I see it creates more ambiguity in
showing a non-existent file.


$ readlink -m /canonicalize/blah/../a/path
/canonicalize/a/path
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