Does lsof always show the resolved absolute pathnames of opened files












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In the output of lsof, does the NAME column always output the resolved absolute pathnames of opened files (resolved in the sense of no symlink, . or .. in the pathname)?



For example, if I cd into some symlink to a directory, and then run a program to open a file under that directory, does lsof only show the resolved absolute pathname of the file?









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    In the output of lsof, does the NAME column always output the resolved absolute pathnames of opened files (resolved in the sense of no symlink, . or .. in the pathname)?



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      In the output of lsof, does the NAME column always output the resolved absolute pathnames of opened files (resolved in the sense of no symlink, . or .. in the pathname)?



      For example, if I cd into some symlink to a directory, and then run a program to open a file under that directory, does lsof only show the resolved absolute pathname of the file?









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      In the output of lsof, does the NAME column always output the resolved absolute pathnames of opened files (resolved in the sense of no symlink, . or .. in the pathname)?



      For example, if I cd into some symlink to a directory, and then run a program to open a file under that directory, does lsof only show the resolved absolute pathname of the file?







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