# Python program to explain os.readlink() method 
    
# importing os module 
import os
  
# Original file path
path = "/home/ihritik/Documents/file.txt"
  
# Create a symbolic link
# of above path 
# using os.symlink() method
link = "/home/ihritik/Desktop/file(symlink).txt"
os.symlink(path, link)
  
  
# So, link is a symbolic link
# Now using os.readlink() method
# resolve the symbolic link
originalPath = os.readlink(link)
  
  
# print the path to which
# symbolic link points
print("Symbolic link points to", originalPath)
  
  
# If the given path is not a
# symbolic link then 
# os.readlink() method will
# raise an OSError

Symbolic link points to /home/ihritik/Documents/file.txt