Follow a chain of symlinks using Ruby

Question

While looking at this issue, I see that the solution offered doesn't follow a chain of symlinks/regular links.

How can I do that with Ruby?

huh? http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask – ptierno Jan 05 '15 at 17:44 — ptierno, Jan 05 '15 at 17:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '15 at 19:27

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You could try:

require 'pathname'
Pathname.new("/path/to/symlink").realpath.to_s

answered Jan 05 '15 at 19:27

Pedram

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