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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man1/readlink.1 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man1/readlink.1 b/static/openbsd/man1/readlink.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fefa7379 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man1/readlink.1 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: readlink.1,v 1.14 2021/10/13 15:04:53 kn Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 13 2021 $ +.Dt READLINK 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm readlink +.Nd display target of symbolic link on standard output +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm readlink +.Op Fl fn +.Ar file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility when invoked with the pathname of a symbolic link as its +argument dereferences the symbolic link and prints the name of target +on standard output. +If the +.Fl f +option is not specified and +.Nm +is invoked with an argument other +than the pathname of a symbolic link, it exits with a nonzero exit +code without printing anything. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl f +Canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given +path recursively. +.Nm +will resolve both absolute and relative paths and +return the absolute pathname corresponding to +.Ar file . +The argument does not need to be a symbolic link. +.It Fl n +Do not print a trailing newline character. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std readlink +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr realpath 1 , +.Xr readlink 2 , +.Xr realpath 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Ox 2.1 . |
