Re: How to get the absolute path of a symbolic link

Use Cwd::abs_path to get an absolute path.

Cwd is a core-module so you don't need to install anything extra.

use Cwd qw(abs_path);
my $absolute_path = abs_path (readlink $link);
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Re^2: How to get the absolute path of a symbolic link by 2teez (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2012 at 19:58 UTC
Just like the previous answer stated, Cwd qw(abs_path) would do the job just as realpath from the same module would do. However, one really do not need the readlink function anymore because "..Symbolic links and relative-path components ("." and "..") are resolved to return the canonical pathname.." -- perldoc Cwd. `use Cwd qw(abs_path realpath); #.... my $absolute_path = abs_path($link); # or ... my $absolute_path = realpath($link);` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: How to get the absolute path of a symbolic link
by 2teez (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2012 at 19:58 UTC

Just like the previous answer stated, Cwd qw(abs_path) would do the job just as realpath from the same module would do.
However, one really do not need the readlink function anymore because "..Symbolic links and relative-path components ("." and "..") are resolved to return the canonical pathname.." -- perldoc Cwd.

   use Cwd qw(abs_path realpath);
   #....

   my $absolute_path = abs_path($link);
   # or ...
   my $absolute_path = realpath($link);
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