Realpaths

realpath_location¶

Resolve symlinks and return the parent directory of the target. Result is written to the global REPLY variable, not stdout.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to resolve

realpath_resolved¶

Resolve symlinks and return the resulting absolute path. Result is written to the global REPLY variable, not stdout.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to resolve

realpath_dirname¶

Return the directory component of a path. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to process

realpath_basename¶

Return the filename component of a path. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to process

realpath_follow¶

Resolve all symlinks in a path without resolving path components. Detects symlink loops and stops. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to follow

realpath_absolute¶

Compute an absolute path by resolving path components against PWD. Handles ., .., double-slash, and root. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path component(s) to resolve

realpath_canonical¶

Recursively canonicalise a path: resolve symlinks and normalise all path components. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to canonicalise

realpath_relative¶

Compute the relative path from a base directory to a target path. Defaults to PWD as the base if not given. Result is written to REPLY.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Target path
• $2 (string): Optional: base directory (default: PWD)

realpath_portable_follow¶

Resolve a symlink chain to its ultimate target using only POSIX tools (ls -dl, not readlink). Handles up to 40 levels of indirection. Unlike other realpath_* functions, writes the resolved path to stdout, not REPLY. Attribution: based on readlinkf_posix by ko1nksm. See NOTICE.md.

Arguments¶

• $1 (string): Path to resolve

Exit codes¶

• 0: Path resolved successfully
• 1: Path not found, too many symlinks, or cd failed

Output on stdout¶

• Resolved absolute path