This program reads a symbolic link and returns the name
of the file it points to
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
+ bool " Enable canonicalization by following all symlinks (-f)"
+ default n
+ depends on CONFIG_READLINK
+ help
+ Enable the readlink option (-f).
+
config CONFIG_RUN_PARTS
bool "run-parts"
default n
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
#include "busybox.h"
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
+# define READLINK_FOLLOW "f"
+# define READLINK_FLAG_f (1 << 0)
+#else
+# define READLINK_FOLLOW ""
+#endif
+
+static const char readlink_options[] = READLINK_FOLLOW;
+
int readlink_main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *buf = NULL;
+ unsigned long opt = bb_getopt_ulflags(argc, argv, readlink_options);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
+ RESERVE_CONFIG_BUFFER(resolved_path, PATH_MAX);
+#endif
/* no options, no getopt */
- if (argc != 2)
+ if (optind + 1 != argc)
bb_show_usage();
- buf = xreadlink(argv[1]);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
+ if (opt & READLINK_FLAG_f) {
+ buf = realpath(argv[optind], resolved_path);
+ } else
+#endif
+ buf = xreadlink(argv[optind]);
+
if (!buf)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
puts(buf);
"\t-s\tSet the system date and time (default).\n" \
"\t-p\tPrint the date and time."
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_READLINK_FOLLOW
+#define USAGE_READLINK_FOLLOW(a) a
+#else
+#define USAGE_READLINK_FOLLOW(a)
+#endif
+
#define readlink_trivial_usage \
- ""
+ USAGE_READLINK_FOLLOW("[-f] ") "FILE"
#define readlink_full_usage \
- "Displays the value of a symbolic link."
+ "Displays the value of a symbolic link." \
+ USAGE_READLINK_FOLLOW("\n\nOptions:\n" \
+ "\t-f\tcanonicalize by following all symlinks")
#define realpath_trivial_usage \
"pathname ..."