From: Jos Backus Date: 2009-03-18T05:21:01+09:00 Subject: Re: How do I get a name translation for a symbolic link inside Ruby? On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 05:10:30AM +0900, Xeno Campanoli wrote: > So I have the results of the shell command: > > ln -s 20090317 latest > > But I only know about 'latest'. How do I get the 20090317? File.readlink -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com