NAME
realpath – return resolved physical path
SYNOPSIS
realpath [-q] [path ...]
DESCRIPTION
The realpath utility uses the realpath(3) function to resolve all symbolic links, extra ‘/’ characters and references to /./ and /../ in path. If path is absent, the current working directory (‘.’) is assumed.
If -q is specified, warnings will not be printed when realpath(3) fails.
EXIT STATUS
The realpath utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
Show the physical path of the /dev/log directory silencing warnings if any:
$ realpath -q /dev/log /var/run/log
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The realpath utility first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.