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symlink.7: Mention use of readlink(2) to read contents of a symlink
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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A symbolic link is a special type of file whose contents are a string
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that is the pathname of another file, the file to which the link refers.
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(The contents of a symbolic link can be read using
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.BR readlink (2).)
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In other words, a symbolic link is a pointer to another name,
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and not to an underlying object.
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For this reason, symbolic links may refer to directories and may cross
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