{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "kpsereadlink",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/kpsereadlink/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-10T16:21:42Z",
    "synopsis": "kpsereadlink file",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "kpsereadlink - print contents of symbolic link\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "kpsereadlink file\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "If  file  is  a  symbolic link, print its contents (what it links to), and exit successfully.\nExit with a failure otherwise.\n\nOn systems that do not support symbolic links, kpsereadlink will always fail.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "kpsereadlink accepts the following options:\n\n--help Print help message and exit.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "Print version information and exit.\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "readlink(2)\n\n\n\nKpathsea 6.3.4/dev                          1 March 2011                             KPSEREADLINK(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "kpsereadlink - print contents of symbolic link",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print version information and exit."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "readlink",
            "section": "2",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/readlink/2/json"
        }
    ]
}