Re: Function to find symlink target

[Emanuel Berg]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Lesson: There is a lot of space to save by placing
>> symlinks correctly!
>
> Actually, for short enough symlinks (like shorter than 60
> bytes), there are no disk space savings at all, regardless
> of the actual length of the reference target.
>
> 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?

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