[Bash-completion-devel] [bash-completion-Bugs][313659] 'readlink -f' is not portable

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bash-completion-Bugs item #313659, was opened at 2012-05-29 03:11
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Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Nobody (None)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: 'readlink -f' is not portable 
Distribution: --Distribution-Agnostic--
Originally reported in: None
Milestone: None
Status: None
Original bug number: 


Initial Comment:
Anonymous message posted by jacknagel at gmail.com

The _realcommand() function in the bash_completion script sniffs for readlink(1) and then uses 'readlink -f' to resolve symlinks. However, this is not portable; the readlink shipping with at least Mac OS X (and I would imagine some of BSDs) does not have the '-f' option. AFAIK it isn't possible to use this readlink to resolve multiple levels of symlinks.

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