src/pkg/path/filepath/symlink.go

// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// +build !windows

package filepath

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

func evalSymlinks(path string) (string, error) {
	const maxIter = 255
	originalPath := path
	// consume path by taking each frontmost path element,
	// expanding it if it's a symlink, and appending it to b
	var b bytes.Buffer
	for n := 0; path != ""; n++ {
		if n > maxIter {
			return "", errors.New("EvalSymlinks: too many links in " + originalPath)
		}

		// find next path component, p
		i := strings.IndexRune(path, Separator)
		var p string
		if i == -1 {
			p, path = path, ""
		} else {
			p, path = path[:i], path[i+1:]
		}

		if p == "" {
			if b.Len() == 0 {
				// must be absolute path
				b.WriteRune(Separator)
			}
			continue
		}

		fi, err := os.Lstat(b.String() + p)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == 0 {
			b.WriteString(p)
			if path != "" {
				b.WriteRune(Separator)
			}
			continue
		}

		// it's a symlink, put it at the front of path
		dest, err := os.Readlink(b.String() + p)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		if IsAbs(dest) {
			b.Reset()
		}
		path = dest + string(Separator) + path
	}
	return Clean(b.String()), nil
}