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Title: The absolute path command

Abstract

The ap command traveres all symlinks in a given file, directory, or executable name to identify the final absolute path. It can print just the final path, each intermediate link along with the symlink chan, and the permissions and ownership of each directory component in the final path. It has functionality similar to "which", except that it shows the final path instead of the first path. It is also similar to "pwd", but it can provide the absolute path to a relative directory from the current working directory.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1231575
Report Number(s):
AP COMMAND; 002800WKSTN00
LLNL-CODE-557474
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Software
Software Revision:
00
Software Package Number:
002800
Software Package Contents:
Open Source software package available from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory at the following URL: https://github.com/LLNL/ap
Software CPU:
WKSTN
Open Source:
Yes
Source Code Available:
Yes
Country of Publication:
United States

Citation Formats

Moody, A. The absolute path command. Computer software. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231575. Vers. 00. USDOE. 11 May. 2012. Web.
Moody, A. (2012, May 11). The absolute path command (Version 00) [Computer software]. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231575.
Moody, A. The absolute path command. Computer software. Version 00. May 11, 2012. https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231575.
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title = {The absolute path command, Version 00},
author = {Moody, A.},
abstractNote = {The ap command traveres all symlinks in a given file, directory, or executable name to identify the final absolute path. It can print just the final path, each intermediate link along with the symlink chan, and the permissions and ownership of each directory component in the final path. It has functionality similar to "which", except that it shows the final path instead of the first path. It is also similar to "pwd", but it can provide the absolute path to a relative directory from the current working directory.},
url = {https://www.osti.gov//servlets/purl/1231575},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1231575}, year = {Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
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