GNU bug report logs - #64604
readlink exit booelan value bug

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Budi <budikusasi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 64603

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 64604-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Budi <budikusasi <at> gmail.com>, 64604-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64604: readlink exit booelan value bug
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:54:09 -0700

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.
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