diff -ru a/ucc b/ucc
--- a/ucc	2006-12-27 14:02:21.000000000 +0100
+++ b/ucc	2006-12-27 14:02:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     fi
     # Is the awk/ls magic portable?
     if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
-        fullpath="`ls -l "$fullpath" | awk '{print $11}'`"
+        fullpath="`readlink "$fullpath"`"
     fi
     dirname $fullpath
 }
diff -ru a/ut b/ut
--- a/ut	2006-12-27 14:02:25.000000000 +0100
+++ b/ut	2006-12-27 14:02:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     fi
     # Is the awk/ls magic portable?
     if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
-             fullpath="`ls -l "$fullpath" | awk '{print $11}'`"
+             fullpath="`readlink "$fullpath"`"
     fi
     dirname $fullpath
 }