dereference symlinked datafile

Closes rupa#163
ericbn · Jul 26, 2017 · 0a47c9c · 0a47c9c
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diff --git a/z.sh b/z.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ _z() {
 
     local datafile="${_Z_DATA:-$HOME/.z}"
 
+    # if symlink, dereference
+    [ -h "$datafile" ] && datafile=$(readlink "$datafile")
+
     # bail if we don't own ~/.z and $_Z_OWNER not set
     [ -z "$_Z_OWNER" -a -f "$datafile" -a ! -O "$datafile" ] && return