realpath

Display the canonical absolute pathname (POSIX, toybox)

Syntax:

realpath [-eLmPqsz] [--relative-base dir] [-R dir] file...

Runs on:

QNX OS

Options:

-e
Display the canonical path to existing entry (fails if missing).
-L
Display logical path (resolve .. components before symlinks).
-m
Ignore missing entries, show where it would be.
-P
Display physical path (default).
-q
Be quiet (no error messages).
-R dir
Show ../path relative to dir directory (--relative-to).
---relative-base dir
Trim off the prefix if the path is under the dir directory.
-s
Don't expand symlinks.
-z
Use NUL character instead of a newline character.
file
The pathname of a file to use as input.

Description:

This utility is provided as part of the toybox package. For information on how to enable it, see toybox.

Contributing author:

Rob Landley and the toybox project (see https://landley.net/toybox/).

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