REALPATH(1) - General Commands Manual

REALPATH(1) - General Commands Manual #

REALPATH(1) - General Commands Manual

NAME #

realpath - print the canonicalized absolute pathname

SYNOPSIS #

realpath [-q] file

DESCRIPTION #

The realpath utility uses realpath(3) to resolve all symbolic links, extra “/” characters and references to /./ and /../ in file, and prints the absolute pathname on standard output.

The options are as follows:

-q

Do not print errors.

EXIT STATUS #

The realpath utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO #

readlink(1), realpath(3)

HISTORY #

The realpath utility first appeared in OpenBSD 7.1.

OpenBSD 7.5 - October 13, 2021