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realpath

z/OS Using REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services
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>>-realpath--pathname--variable--------------------------------><

Function

realpath invokes the realpath callable service to resolve a pathname to a full pathname without any symbolic links.

Parameters

pathname
The pathname to resolve.
variable
The name of the variable to contain the resolved pathname that is returned.

Example

The following example retrieves the real pathname for the working directory:
"realpath . mycwd"

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