* Target of Symbolic Link
@ 2009-10-08 15:36 Nordlöw
2009-10-08 16:28 ` David Kastrup
2009-10-08 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Nordlöw @ 2009-10-08 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
How do I in Lisp lookup the target of a symbolic link (if any)?
/Nordlöw
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* Re: Target of Symbolic Link
2009-10-08 15:36 Target of Symbolic Link Nordlöw
@ 2009-10-08 16:28 ` David Kastrup
2009-10-08 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: David Kastrup @ 2009-10-08 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
> How do I in Lisp lookup the target of a symbolic link (if any)?
file-symlink-p is a built-in function in `fileio.c'.
(file-symlink-p FILENAME)
Return non-nil if file FILENAME is the name of a symbolic link.
The value is the link target, as a string.
Otherwise it returns nil.
This function returns t when given the name of a symlink that
points to a nonexistent file.
[back]
Arguably a bad name for the function, since *-p functions usually just
return t or nil.
--
David Kastrup
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* Re: Target of Symbolic Link
2009-10-08 15:36 Target of Symbolic Link Nordlöw
2009-10-08 16:28 ` David Kastrup
@ 2009-10-08 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2009-10-08 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nordl=F6w?= <per.nordlow@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
> How do I in Lisp lookup the target of a symbolic link (if any)?
I think you want file-truename or file-chase-links.
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