Re:
> > My feeling is that FINFO should follow symbolic links and deal with the
> > target, not the link - and certainly not error out as it does now.
>
> i'm torn.....because i can see value in knowing (say from the 'ftmfcode'
> option) that my file is a link file.  if finfo quietly follows the link,
> there's information being lost....well, buried may be a better way of saying
> it.  otoh, i think that my desire probably exceeds jeff's one-word patch
> deal :-)    - d

You could always do:

  - write a trivial program that takes a file name (via INFO) and returns
    (via hpcisetvar ("result"))
    the final file name (i.e., following any symlink *or* file equate)

  - use that just prior to the FINFO call
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