~: touch a ~: ln -s a b ~: stat -c "%n" a a ~: stat -c "%n" b b ~: stat -Lc "%n" b b
the last command should return 'a'. To be more verbose: ~: stat b File: `b' -> `a' Size: 1 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link Device: 10h/16d Inode: 60112068 Links: 1 ~: stat -L b File: `b' Size: 0 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular empty file Device: 10h/16d Inode: 60112022 Links: 1 [...] one cannot get the righthand part of dereference only (the same applies to %N). -- Tomasz Pala <[email protected]>
