Re: Function to find symlink target

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>>> You evidently assume that a symlink is stored in some
>>> particular way on disk, but the reality is different from
>>> your assumption. What 'ls' and 'du' show you is largely
>>> an illusion.
>> 
>> Okay, where are they stored then?
>
> In the spare space of the inode, exactly as with small files. See
>
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> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/609474/actual-content-of-a-symlink-file

Interesting, so it should say you can save a lot of spare
inode space if you place your symlinks cleverly! Use ls(1) or
du(1) to find out how big this illusory advantage is ...

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