Re: "readlink -f foo" fails if the target of foo does not exist

[J.D. Hood]

Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> I've implemented the changes mentioned above.

Thanks!

Unfortunately I am unable to test the patch at the moment because I
have poor Internet connectivity.  I will write again when I am able
to test it.

> [...] "readlink -f" is now more compatible with prior implementations,
> old behaviour moved to "readlink -e", and your proposed relaxed -ff
> mode implemented as "-m".  I don't insist on these option names though.

Nothing is actually using "-ff" yet so please choose the option names
you think best.
--
Thomas



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