WIP

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Dominic Della Valle <[email protected]>

cli/parse.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
@@ -479,19 +478,27 @@ func appendFile(fpath string, argDef *cmdkit.Argument, recursive, hidden, travLi
 	}
 
 	fpath = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(fpath))
-
-	if travLinks {
-		fpath, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(fpath)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
+	fname := filepath.Base(fpath)
 
 	stat, err := os.Lstat(fpath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if travLinks {
+		//deep resolve base only
+		for stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			fpath, err = os.Readlink(fpath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			stat, err = os.Lstat(fpath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if stat.IsDir() {
 		if !argDef.Recursive {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf(dirNotSupportedFmtStr, fpath, argDef.Name)
@@ -501,7 +508,7 @@ func appendFile(fpath string, argDef *cmdkit.Argument, recursive, hidden, travLi
 		}
 	}
 
-	return files.NewSerialFile(path.Base(fpath), fpath, hidden, stat)
+	return files.NewSerialFile(fname, fpath, hidden, stat)
 }
 
 // Inform the user if a file is waiting on input