Re: Function to find symlink target

[Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>]

;;; -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
;;
;; this file:
;;   https://dataswamp.org/~incal/emacs-init/geh.el

(require 'cl-lib)

(defun dired-find-link-target (link)
  (let*((target (file-truename link))
        (name   (file-name-nondirectory target)) )
    (find-file (file-name-directory target))
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (cl-loop
     while (re-search-forward name (point-max) t)
     do (when (get-text-property (point) 'dired-filename)
          (cl-return) ))
    (goto-char (match-beginning 0)) ))

;; /home/incal/test/dired:
;; lrwxrwxrwx 1 incal 10 May 23 22:41 target-link.txt -> target.txt
;; -rw-r--r-- 1 incal  0 May 23 22:41 target.txt

(dired-find-link-target "~/test/dired/target-link.txt")

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