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From: maine@unet.UUCP (Dennis J. W. Maine)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: How to find directory name at end of symbolic links
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Date: 8 Mar 89 23:54:47 GMT
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Reply-To: maine@unet.PacBell.COM (Dennis J. W. Maine)
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I am using SunOs 3.5 and want to know how to find out the directory
name at the end of a series of symbolic links.  The -L option for
ls does not seem to work with -l option.  For example, if /dir1/a is
linked to /dir2/a is linked to /dir3/a then if I enter ls -L /dir1/a
I want to know that dir3 contains the actual file a. Entering successive
ls -l commands for dir1, dir2 and dir3 is a drag.

Any ideas?

adTHANKSvance,
	djwm
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Dennis J. W. Maine
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