readlink
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:title: Shellcode Compiler Runtime

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ssize_t readlink(const char* path, char* buf, size_t size);
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Reads the symbolic link at `path` and stores the target at `buf`, with maximum length `size`.  Returns the size of
the link in bytes on success, or the negation of the error code on error.

IMPORTANT: The result buffer is not null terminated.

See also
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link:symlink.html[symlink]