Subject: bug#64603: closed (Re: bug#64604: readlink exit booelan value bug)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:55:03 +0000

Your bug report

#64604: 

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#64604: readlink exit booelan value bug
From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
To: Budi <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:54:09 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 2023-07-13 19:38, Budi wrote:
> /tmp$ readlink -f ./KERNEL-linux-6.3.9  && echo SUCCEEDS FIND IT
> /tmp/KERNEL-linux-6.3.9
> SUCCEEDS FIND IT
> 
> but correct at deeper depth:
> 
> /tmp$ readlink -f ./KERNEL-linux-6.3.9/fs  && echo SUCCEEDS FIND IT
> 
> 
> 
> look it up, no KERNEL-linux-6.3.9 dir.:

That's not a bug. The documentation for -f says that the last component 
need not exist. Sounds like you want -e.

From: Budi <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:35:42 +0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

readlink exit value is TRUE as it actually must be FALSE at first
depth dir. with -f or -e option e.g. in /tmp dir:

/tmp$ readlink -f ./KERNEL-linux-6.3.9  && echo SUCCEEDS FIND IT
/tmp/KERNEL-linux-6.3.9
SUCCEEDS FIND IT

but correct at deeper depth:

/tmp$ readlink -f ./KERNEL-linux-6.3.9/fs  && echo SUCCEEDS FIND IT

look it up, no KERNEL-linux-6.3.9 dir.:

/tmp$ ls -Apv
.ICE-unix/                      opera/
.X11-unix/                      ssh-Xbe0jzj/  .xfsm-ICE-1BY671
.org.chromium.IfJAAT/   dbus-QZsDmoWAoc