config: Use canonical instead of read_symlink (#4136)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0f68c3b2..86c44857 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,19 +52,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
                 return 1;
             }
-            std::string next_arg = std::next(it)->c_str();
+            configPath = std::next(it)->c_str();
 
-            if (std::filesystem::is_symlink(next_arg))
-                next_arg = std::filesystem::read_symlink(next_arg);
+            try {
+                configPath = std::filesystem::canonical(configPath);
 
-            if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(next_arg)) {
-                std::cerr << "[ ERROR ] Config file '" << next_arg << "' doesn't exist!\n";
+                if (!std::filesystem::is_regular_file(configPath)) {
+                    throw std::exception();
+                }
+            } catch (...) {
+                std::cerr << "[ ERROR ] Config file '" << configPath << "' doesn't exist!\n";
                 help();
 
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            configPath = std::filesystem::weakly_canonical(next_arg);
             Debug::log(LOG, "User-specified config location: '{}'", configPath);
 
             it++;