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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-01-09 20:35:13 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-01-09 20:35:13 +0000
commit2ae02ab5b91daa8dc94ac42496a3ee701c25d1ac (patch)
tree4ff9ff5990bf09715328a1f0ba42a974cf8ce694 /src/readlink.c
parent8ee5d881b1640fd09c8f164075d546a6265d0599 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-2ae02ab5b91daa8dc94ac42496a3ee701c25d1ac.tar.xz
New program, by Dmitry V. Levin.
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+/* readlink -- display value of a symbolic link.
+ Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Dmitry V. Levin */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include "system.h"
+#include "error.h"
+#include "xreadlink.h"
+#include "long-options.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+
+/* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
+#define PROGRAM_NAME "readlink"
+
+#define AUTHORS "Dmitry V. Levin"
+
+/* Name this program was run with. */
+char *program_name;
+
+ /* If nonzero, canonicalize file name. */
+static int canonicalize;
+ /* If nonzero, do not output the trailing newline. */
+static int no_newline;
+ /* If nonzero, report error messages. */
+static int verbose;
+
+static struct option const longopts[] =
+{
+ {"canonicalize", no_argument, 0, 'f'},
+ {"no-newline", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
+ {"quiet", no_argument, 0, 'q'},
+ {"silent", no_argument, 0, 's'},
+ {"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+ {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
+ {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
+ {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
+};
+
+void
+usage (int status)
+{
+ if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+ fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
+ program_name);
+ else
+ {
+ printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... FILE\n"), program_name);
+ fputs (_("Display value of a symbolic link on standard output.\n\n"),
+ stdout);
+ fputs (_("\
+ -f, --canonicalize canonicalize by following every symlink in every\n\
+ component of the given path recursively\n\
+ -n, --no-newline do not output the trailing newline\n\
+ -q, --quiet,\n\
+ -s, --silent suppress most error messages\n\
+ -v, --verbose report error messages\n\
+"), stdout);
+ fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
+ fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
+ printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
+ }
+ exit (status);
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *const argv[])
+{
+ const char *fname;
+ char *value;
+ int optc;
+
+ setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
+ bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
+ textdomain (PACKAGE);
+
+ atexit (close_stdout);
+
+ if (argc < 1)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("too few arguments"));
+
+ program_name = argv[0];
+
+ while ((optc = getopt_long (argc, argv, "fnqsv", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
+ {
+ switch (optc)
+ {
+ case 0:
+ break;
+ case 'f':
+ canonicalize = 1;
+ break;
+ case 'n':
+ no_newline = 1;
+ break;
+ case 'q':
+ case 's':
+ verbose = 0;
+ break;
+ case 'v':
+ verbose = 1;
+ break;
+ case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
+ case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
+ default:
+ usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (optind >= argc)
+ {
+ error (EXIT_SUCCESS, 0, _("too few arguments"));
+ usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ fname = argv[optind++];
+
+ if (optind < argc)
+ {
+ error (EXIT_SUCCESS, 0, _("too many arguments"));
+ usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+
+ value = (canonicalize ? canonicalize_file_name : xreadlink) (fname);
+ if (value)
+ {
+ printf ("%s%s", value, (no_newline ? "" : "\n"));
+ free (value);
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ }
+
+ if (verbose)
+ error (EXIT_SUCCESS, errno, "%s", fname);
+
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}