Success with most tests, proceeding to more corner cases

rdlink.sh

@@ -17,24 +17,67 @@ set -o pipefail
 LOG_LEVEL="${LOG_LEVEL:-1}" # 7 = debug -> 0 = emergency
 
 rl::rdlink() {
-  local normalized=
-  info "Processing... $@"
-  normalized="$(rl::normalize "${1:-}")"
-  rl::quicklink "${normalized}"
-}
+  local subject=
 
-rl::canon() {
-  info "Canonicalize path... $@"
+  info "pwd: $(pwd)"
+  info "Processing... $@"
+
+  subject="$(rl::normalize "${1:-}")" || true
+  # Follow multiple symlinks
+  while subject="$(rl::quicklink "${subject}")" ; do : ; done
+  subject="$(rl::canon "${subject}")" || true
+
+  printf "${subject}\n"
 }
 
 rl::quicklink() {
-  info "Quick rdlink... ${1:-}"
-  readlink "${1:-}" || printf "${1:-}\n"
+  subject=
+  work=
+
+  info "Quicklink... ${1:-}"
+
+  # Check if current candidate is a symlink
+  if ! subject=$(readlink -- "${1:-}"); then
+    printf -- "${1:-}\n"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  info " - symlink ${1} -> ${subject}"
+
+  # relative target; append root
+  if [[ "${subject}" != "/"* ]]; then
+    work="$(rl::canon "$(dirname -- "${1:-}")")"
+    subject="${work}/${subject}"
+    info " - relative link resolved: ${subject}"
+  fi
+  
+  printf "${subject}\n"
+  return 0
+}
+
+rl::canon() {
+  local subject=
+  local work=
+  local bname=
+
+  info "Canonicalize path... ${1:-}"
+  if work="$(cd "${1:-}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd -P)" ; then
+    subject="${work}"
+    info " - directory: ${subject}"
+  elif work="$(cd "$(dirname -- "${1:-}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd -P)" ; then
+    bname="$(basename -- "${1:-}")"
+    subject="${work}${bname:+"/${bname}"}"
+    info " - parent: ${subject}"
+  else
+    info " - no hit"
+    subject="${1:-}"
+  fi
+
+  printf "${subject}\n"
 }
 
 rl::normalize() {
   info "Normalizing... ${1:-}"
-  printf "${1:-}\n"
+  printf -- "${1:-}\n"
 }
 
 rl::main() {