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How to resolve a symlink's to its non-existing destination?

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From: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: How to resolve a symlink's to its non-existing destination?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 21:06:18 +0300
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/29067>
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When I use :a, :A or :P on a symlink whose destination does not exist, I do not get the output I'm expecting:

% touch foo
% ln -s foo bar
% print bar(:P)
/private/var/folders/hk/lcsr76092ygbtc8y1fryg7jh0000gn/T/tmp.ir6Iuz7K/foo
% rm foo
% print bar(:P)
/private/var/folders/hk/lcsr76092ygbtc8y1fryg7jh0000gn/T/tmp.ir6Iuz7K/bar
%

How can I consistently resolve a symlink's destination, regardless of whether it exists?

I know I can use readlink for this, but is there any way to do this with Zsh?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: How to resolve a symlink's to its non-existing destination?
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