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#!/bin/bash
# readlinkf: POSIX-compliant implementation of readlink -f.
# Author: Koichi Nakashima <koichi@nksm.name>
# Licensed under the Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license.
#   <https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>

# Copied verbatim from v1.1.0 of <https://github.com/ko1nksm/readlinkf>.

# POSIX compliant version
readlinkf_posix() {
  [ "${1:-}" ] || return 1
  max_symlinks=40
  CDPATH='' # to avoid changing to an unexpected directory

  target=$1
  [ -e "${target%/}" ] || target=${1%"${1##*[!/]}"} # trim trailing slashes
  [ -d "${target:-/}" ] && target="$target/"

  cd -P . 2>/dev/null || return 1
  while [ "$max_symlinks" -ge 0 ] && max_symlinks=$((max_symlinks - 1)); do
    if [ ! "$target" = "${target%/*}" ]; then
      case $target in
        /*) cd -P "${target%/*}/" 2>/dev/null || break ;;
        *) cd -P "./${target%/*}" 2>/dev/null || break ;;
      esac
      target=${target##*/}
    fi

    if [ ! -L "$target" ]; then
      target="${PWD%/}${target:+/}${target}"
      printf '%s\n' "${target:-/}"
      return 0
    fi

    # `ls -dl` format: "%s %u %s %s %u %s %s -> %s\n",
    #   <file mode>, <number of links>, <owner name>, <group name>,
    #   <size>, <date and time>, <pathname of link>, <contents of link>
    # https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ls.html
    link=$(ls -dl -- "$target" 2>/dev/null) || break
    target=${link#*" $target -> "}
  done
  return 1
}