Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:36:05 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to find what symlink points to? Message-ID: <20090727133605.GA7137@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <310025.75856.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <310025.75856.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 05:44:59AM -0700, Unga wrote: > > Hi all > > I need to remove some unwanted symlinks on /dev using a C program. > > The "struct dirent" only shows the symlink name, how do I find what that > symlink points to for verification purpose? By using the readlink(2) system call. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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