Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com> added the comment:

> Unless you're specifically testing single steps through symlink chains, you 
> probably want to just use realpath anyway.

I do see now the references to `realpath` in the docs... and I think that 
satisfies the need I described above. It doesn't supply the `f`, but it 
provides a mechanism to resolve the ultimate file. As you say, there's still no 
regular solution for resolving intermediate links in a chain of symlinks with 
user-friendly names, but it seems like a much less severe limitation (platform 
variation).

I'll see if `realpath` satisfies the test suite needs for path pie.

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