[FOR-771] bin/forrest: Incomplete symlink resolution and incorrect argument passing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7, 0.8
• Fix Version/s: 0.8
• Component/s: Core operations
• Urgency: Normal
• Other Info: Patch available
• Assignee: Ross Gardler
• Reporter: Richard Calmbach
• Created: 24/Dec/05 16:02
• Updated: 15/Jan/06 19:23
• Resolved: 15/Jan/06 19:23

Description

Issues in bin/forrest:
1. The symlink resolution does not handle chained symlinks
2. The value assigned to FORREST_HOME is not canonical
3. Command line arguments are passed to ant as $@ instead of "$@"

The attached patch bin_forrest.diff fixes these issues and is against SVN HEAD (rev. 232917). The symlink resolution code is less verbose than before (borrowed from the Ant launch script).