Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links

Hi Nikolay, We use guestfish, so I preferred to use commands supported by guestfish. I tried as below but "realpath" is not working after I have the target path from symlink. --> Check if the path has a symlink. is-symlink path Ex. - is-symlink "/etc/resolv.conf" -> return true --> If it's true then get target link path readlink path ex. - readlink "/etc/resolv.conf" --> return "../ run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" --> Which return's target path but it's not a full path, so needs to get full path to access the target file. Tried to use realpath as below using target path from above return but it's giving None ex. - realpath "../run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf" --> return None Can you tell me how can I get the real path as without the full canonicalized absolute path I can't do anything with that file. Thanks, Chintan ------------------------------ *From:* libguestfs-bounces(a)redhat.com <libguestfs-bounces(a)redhat.com&gt; on behalf of Nikolay Ivanets <stenavin(a)gmail.com&gt; *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2019 2:00 AM *To:* Chintan Patel *Cc:* libguestfs(a)redhat.com *Subject:* Re: [Libguestfs] Guestfish command - "copy-out" not working for symbolic links If it is one time operation you can call 'realpath' (http://libguestfs.org/guestfs.3.html#guestfs_realpath) first to resolve symlink. -- +380979184774 Mykola Ivanets пт, 28 черв. 2019 о 11:11 Chintan Patel <Chintan.Patel(a)microsoft.com&gt; пише: > > HI, > > I’m trying to use copu-out command to copy files from remote disk but it’s not working if the file is symbolic link. > > copy-out giving an error like below. > libguestfs: error: ‘/etc/resolv.conf’ is not a file or directory > This file is there but it's a symbolic link > > Do you have any other way to copy remote symbolic link files? > > Thanks, > > Chintan > > _______________________________________________ > Libguestfs mailing list > Libguestfs(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs _______________________________________________ Libguestfs mailing list Libguestfs(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs