GNU bug report logs - #25261
ls -L: also allow seeing intermediate links

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:13:02 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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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 25261-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25261: ls -L: also allow seeing intermediate links
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 09:04:16 +0800

OK. Perhaps on
(info "(coreutils) Which files are listed")

At
‘-L’
‘--dereference’
     When showing file information for a symbolic link, show information
     for the file the link references rather than the link itself.
     However, even with this option, ‘ls’ still prints the name of the
     link itself, not the name of the file that the link points to.

perhaps mention that one in fact might see to the end of a long chain...
and to see intermediate steps See Also: readlink.
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