To find the link target programmatically, you can do

    :LISTFILE <linkfile>;format=UNIQUE
 or
    :/bin/ls "-l <linkfile>"

and then parse the output, then pass the target filename on to FINFO.

On Tue, 9 May 2000 17:30:48 +0200, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Can anyone give me a clue how to persuade the FINFO function
>to resolve symbolic links ?
>
>Eg. if  I do calc finfo("linkfile","accessors") and <linkfile> is a link
>to <datafile>,  I would like to see the accessor count of <datafile>,
>but FINFO gives the accessor count of <linkfile> itself, which is not
>the same as that for <datafile>.

--Jon Diercks
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