Is it possible to find the real location of a file, knowing its location on a drive created with subst? Example:
> subst d: c:\dir\
> real_path "c:\file"
c:\file
> real_path "d:\file"
c:\dir\file
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1Does running just `subst` tell you? – I say Reinstate Monica Apr 04 '18 at 15:58
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@TwistyImpersonator parsing the output of `subst` is indeed possible, but I hoped to find a simpler way. – Dmitry Grigoryev Apr 04 '18 at 16:02
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I'm looking for an answer to this because my local Python package has installed using both paths: easy-install.pth has the "real path", while
.egg-link has the subst path. – Michael Jul 09 '20 at 19:29