Linux manual pages Section 1: General Commands  

Name

realpath — print the resolved path

Synopsis

realpath [OPTION...] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

Print the resolved absolute file name; all but the last component must exist

−e, −−canonicalize−existing

all components of the path must exist

−m, −−canonicalize−missing

no components of the path need exist

−L, −−logical

resolve '..' components before symlinks

−P, −−physical

resolve symlinks as encountered (default)

−q, −−quiet

suppress most error messages

−−relative−to=FILE

print the resolved path relative to FILE

−−relative−base=FILE

print absolute paths unless paths below FILE

−s, −−strip, −−no−symlinks

don't expand symlinks

−z, −−zero

separate output with NUL rather than newline

−−help

display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by Padraig Brady.

REPORTING BUGS

Report realpath bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org

GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

Report realpath translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

SEE ALSO

readlink(1), readlink(2), realpath(3)

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

  • info coreutils 'realpath invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.