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Andreas Moroder wrote: > Hello, > > I have a entry in my directory that is a soft-link to another directory. > Is there a way in perl to get, starting from the link, the path of the > real directory ? > > Thanks > Andreas > > See: perldoc -f readlink http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/readlink.html perldoc -f symlink http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/symlink.html perldoc perlfunc and search for /-l File is a symbolic link/ http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfunc.html#Alphabetical-Listing-of-Perl-Functions -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.Thread Previous | Thread Next