GNU bug report logs - #13464
Readlink Bug - Displays absolute path of a non existent file also

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: PK <prassanakalyan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 13464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: PK <prassanakalyan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13464 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13464: Readlink Bug - Displays absolute path of a non existent
	file also
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:46:28 +0000

tag 13464 notabug
close 13464
stop

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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