Figure out what non-symlink path would be?
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On Linux, if I've cd'd around and am now in a directory, is there a way to figure out what the real path to that directory is if I had not used a symbolic link to get there?
Consider:
$ pwd
/home/dave/tmp
$ mkdir -p 1/2/3/4/5
$ ln -s 1/2/3/4/5 5
$ cd 5
$ pwd
/home/dave/tmp/5
Or:
$ pwd
/home/dave/tmp
$ mkdir -p 1/2/3/4/5
$ ln -s 1/2/3/4 4
$ cd 4/5
$ pwd
/home/dave/tmp/4/5
Is there any way to figure out that /home/dave/tmp/5 is really /home/dave/1/2/3/4/5 ?
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