dpkg-realpath(1) dpkg suite dpkg-realpath(1)
NAME
dpkg-realpath - print the resolved pathname with DPKG_ROOT support
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-realpath [option...] pathname
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-realpath is a tool (since dpkg 1.20.1) to resolve a pathname, that takes the dpkg(1)
root directory into account, either implicitly from the DPKG_ROOT environment variable or
from the command-line --root or --instdir options, and returns an absolute pathname
relative to the root directory. The root directory must not be prefixed to the pathname
to be resolved.
This is intended to be used by other dpkg helpers, or by maintainer scripts instead of
using realpath(1) or readlink(1) to canonicalize pathnames, as these latter commands do
not support canonicalization relative to a different root than /.
OPTIONS
-z, --zero
Use a NUL byte to end output lines instead of a new line character (since dpkg
1.20.6).
--instdir directory
--root directory
Set the root directory to directory, which is the base directory that pathnames get
canonicalized against. Defaults to <</>>.
-?, --help
Show the usage message and exit.
--version
Show the version and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
DPKG_ROOT
If set and the --instdir or --root options have not been specified, it will be used as
the filesystem root directory.
DPKG_COLORS
Sets the color mode. The currently accepted values are: auto (default), always and
never.
SEE ALSO
realpath(1), readlink(1).
1.21.1 2025-09-09 dpkg-realpath(1)
Generated by $Id: phpMan.php,v 4.55 2007/09/05 04:42:51 chedong Exp $ Author: Che Dong
On Apache
Under GNU General Public License
2026-02-25 07:41 @216.73.216.172 CrawledBy Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)