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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2017-02-08 20:45:32 -0800
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2017-02-09 21:52:23 -0800
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doc: note the relationship between realpath and readlink
* doc/coreutils.texi (realpath invocation): Mention that realpath is the preferred command for canonicalization. (readlink invocation): Likewise. * man/readlink.x: Likewise.
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readlink \- print resolved symbolic links or canonical file names
[DESCRIPTION]
.\" Add any additional description here
+Note realpath(1) is the preferred command to use
+for canonicalization functionality.
[SEE ALSO]
readlink(2), realpath(1), realpath(3)