# Test Case: Short Symlink Target

**Test ID**: TC038-symlink-short

## Objective

Verify a short `FLAT_INLINE` symlink returns the exact source target and follows
to source-exact file data.

## Fixture

Use `images/inline.erofs`, `source/inline/link1`, and
`source/inline/target.txt`. Evidence asserts symlink mode, layout 2, and target
length 10.

## Procedure

```sh
test -L "$mnt/link1"
readlink /tmp/repo22-g1/source/inline/link1 > /tmp/tc038-source-target
readlink "$mnt/link1" > /tmp/tc038-mount-target
cmp /tmp/tc038-source-target /tmp/tc038-mount-target
cmp /tmp/repo22-g1/source/inline/target.txt "$mnt/link1"
sha256 /tmp/repo22-g1/source/inline/target.txt "$mnt/link1"
```

## Expected Results

- `readlink` returns exactly `target.txt`, without newline truncation ambiguity.
- Following the link yields the exact target source; cleanup succeeds.