KPSEREADLINK(1)
π NAME π
okay so bestie, welcome to KPSEREADLINK(1) from the General Commands Manual π this is the whole page for kpsereadlink, and its one job is literally print contents of symbolic link. thatβs the vibe, thatβs the function, periodt.
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
kpsereadlink file
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
if file is a symbolic link, kpsereadlink prints its contents (like, what it links to), and exits successfully. slay π
otherwise? it exits with a failure. not every day is a win.
on systems that do not support symbolic links, kpsereadlink will always fail. no cap, thatβs just how it goes on those systems.
π OPTIONS π
kpsereadlink accepts the following options:
--helpβ print help message and exit. cute, asks for help, gets it, dips β¨--versionβ print version information and exit. for when you need the receipts, iykyk.
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
readlink(2)β go read that too, bestie π«Ά
thatβs the whole page, bestie π this icon is Kpathsea 6.4.2, dated 1 March 2011 π mwah.
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- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms