opensolaris man page for readlink

READLINK(1)							   User Commands						       READLINK(1)

NAME
       readlink - display value of a symbolic link

SYNOPSIS
       readlink [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
       Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.

       -f, --canonicalize
	      canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively; all but the last component must exist

       -e, --canonicalize-existing
	      canonicalize by following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, all components must exist

       -m, --canonicalize-missing
	      canonicalize  by	following every symlink in every component of the given name recursively, without requirements on components exis-
	      tence

       -n, --no-newline
	      do not output the trailing newline

       -q, --quiet,

       -s, --silent
	      suppress most error messages

       -v, --verbose
	      report error messages

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by Dmitry V. Levin.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You	 may   redistribute   copies   of   it	 under	 the   terms   of   the   GNU	General   Public   License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       readlink(2)

       The  full  documentation  for readlink is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and readlink programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info readlink

       should give you access to the complete manual.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWgnu-coreutils  |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted	 |
       +--------------------+--------------------+
NOTES
       Source for GNU coreutils is available on http://opensolaris.org.

readlink 6.7							   December 2006						       READLINK(1)