filepath returns the full path of a file.
If the file does not exist it returns nothing.
This is useful for shell scripts and resolving
symbolic links to the actual file,
which may have a different name.
In that case the actual file name is returned.
usage:
filepath [ options ] file(s)
Options:
-c continue through errors (default:no)
-d delimit output with newline
-D<string> delimit output with string
-h print help message
-w print numerical error if error occurs
-W print textual error if error occurs
-v print version and exit
Examples:
filepath file1 file2 softlink
/path/file1 /path/file2 /actual/path/file
filepath <nonexistent file>
(no output)
filepath -w <nonexistent file>
(no output)
filepath -w <nonexistent file> file
/path/file
filepath -W <file1> <nonexistent file> <file2>
/path/file1 No such file or directory (program quits)
filepath -W -c file1 <nonexistent file> file2
/path/file1 No such file or directory /path/file2
filepath /etc/passwd
(no output)
filepath -w /etc/passwd
13
filepath -W /etc/passwd
access denied
filepath -d *
/path/file1
/path/file2
...
filepath -D" : " *
/usr/local/src/file_1 : /usr/local/src/file_2 : /usr/local/src/file_3
Files:
/usr/local/bin/filepath program binary
/usr/local/share/man/man1/filepath.1 man page
/usr/local/share/doc/filepath/ documentation
See also:
*realpath* (3)
Bugs:
In regular and numerical warning (-w) mode filepath ignores
**ENOENT** (error 2 -- file not found)
**EINVAL** (error 22 -- Invalid argument)
This is intentional. It helps integration with shell scripts.
Shells already have facilities for those condtions.
