#!/bin/sh

# DereferenceSymbolicLink.sh
# Tue Dec 16 15:09:48 PST 2008
# Chieh Cheng
# http://www.CynosureX.com/

# GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991

usage ()
{
  scriptName=`basename "$0"`
  echo "   Usage:  ${scriptName} \"link path\""
}

  if [ $# -eq 1 ]
  then
    link="$1"
    if [ -L "${link}" ]
    then
      str=`ls -l "${link}"`
      dereference=`echo "${str}" | sed "s/.*-> //"`
      echo "${dereference}"
    else
      echo "${link} is not a symbolic link!"
    fi
  else
    usage
  fi