1.\" $NetBSD: realpath.1,v 1.1 2020/02/02 21:49:44 kamil Exp $ 2.\"- 3.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 18.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 19.\" without specific prior written permission. 20.\" 21.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 22.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 23.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 24.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 25.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 26.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 27.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 28.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 29.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 30.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 31.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 34.\" From: src/bin/pwd/pwd.1,v 1.11 2000/11/20 11:39:39 ru Exp 35.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/realpath/realpath.1 314436 2017-02-28 23:42:47Z imp $ 36.\" 37.Dd February 2, 2020 38.Dt REALPATH 1 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm realpath 42.Nd return resolved physical path 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Nm 45.Op Fl q 46.Op Ar path ... 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50utility uses the 51.Xr realpath 3 52function to resolve all symbolic links, extra 53.Ql / 54characters and references to 55.Pa /./ 56and 57.Pa /../ 58in 59.Ar path . 60If 61.Ar path 62is absent, the current working directory 63.Pq Sq Pa .\& 64is assumed. 65.Pp 66If 67.Fl q 68is specified, warnings will not be printed when 69.Xr realpath 3 70fails. 71.Sh EXIT STATUS 72.Ex -std 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr realpath 3 75.Sh HISTORY 76The 77.Nm 78utility first appeared in 79.Fx 4.3 80and was imported into 81.Nx 10 . 82