Re: Function to find symlink target

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
> Date: Sat, 28 May 2022 18:46:35 +0200
> 
> > 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

  
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/609474/actual-content-of-a-symlink-file