Reference: readlink
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:37:04Z

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| Chapter 5 Function Reference |

## readlink

    readlink name

Returns the name of a file pointed to by the symbolic link name. name should evaluate to a filename, the last component of which is a symbolic link. If it is not a symbolic link, or if symbolic links are not implemented, or if some system error occurs, the undefined value is returned, and you should check the error code in `$!`. If name is omitted, the function uses `$_`.

Reference: readline |  | Reference: readpipe