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Within a bash script, I know I can check if a file is a symbolic link with the following syntax

if [ -L $path ]

if [ -L $path ]

Does any one know how I would test if that path was linked to a particular path? E.g. I want to check whether the target of $path is /some/where.

Within a bash script, I know I can check if a file is a symbolic link with the following syntax

if [ -L $path ]

Does any one know how I would test if that path was linked to a particular path?

Within a bash script, I know I can check if a file is a symbolic link with the following syntax

if [ -L $path ]

Does any one know how I would test if that path was linked to a particular path? E.g. I want to check whether the target of $path is /some/where.

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edited Mar 24, 2015 at 20:59

How to verify thatthe target of a symbolic link points toward a particular path

asked Mar 24, 2015 at 20:50

How to verify that a symbolic link points toward a particular path

Within a bash script, I know I can check if a file is a symbolic link with the following syntax

if [ -L $path ]

Does any one know how I would test if that path was linked to a particular path?