diff --git a/src/vppinfra/file.h b/src/vppinfra/file.h
index 09dd2fd..7195613 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/file.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/file.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@
   return f->write_function (f);
 }
 
+u8 *clib_file_get_resolved_basename (char *fmt, ...);
+
 #endif /* included_clib_file_h */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
index a3e122c..6d9f859 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.c
@@ -87,32 +87,6 @@
   return 0;
 }
 
-__clib_export u8 *
-clib_sysfs_link_to_name (char *link)
-{
-  char *p, buffer[64];
-  unformat_input_t in;
-  u8 *s = 0;
-  int r;
-
-  r = readlink (link, buffer, sizeof (buffer) - 1);
-
-  if (r < 0)
-    return 0;
-
-  buffer[r] = 0;
-  p = strrchr (buffer, '/');
-
-  if (!p)
-    return 0;
-
-  unformat_init_string (&in, p + 1, strlen (p + 1));
-  if (unformat (&in, "%s", &s) != 1)
-    clib_unix_warning ("no string?");
-  unformat_free (&in);
-
-  return s;
-}
 
 clib_error_t *
 clib_sysfs_set_nr_hugepages (int numa_node, int log2_page_size, int nr)
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
index 9cbc348..a616fa4 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 clib_error_t *clib_sysfs_read (char *file_name, char *fmt, ...);
 
-u8 *clib_sysfs_link_to_name (char *link);
-
 clib_error_t *clib_sysfs_set_nr_hugepages (int numa_node,
 					   int log2_page_size, int nr);
 clib_error_t *clib_sysfs_get_nr_hugepages (int numa_node,
diff --git a/src/vppinfra/unix-misc.c b/src/vppinfra/unix-misc.c
index e73d01a..0c5d96c 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/unix-misc.c
+++ b/src/vppinfra/unix-misc.c
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@
 #include <vppinfra/error.h>
 #include <vppinfra/os.h>
 #include <vppinfra/unix.h>
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>		/* writev */
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>		/* for sprintf */
+#include <limits.h>
 
 __clib_export __thread uword __os_thread_index = 0;
 __clib_export __thread uword __os_numa_index = 0;
@@ -131,6 +133,35 @@
   return error;
 }
 
+__clib_export u8 *
+clib_file_get_resolved_basename (char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list va;
+  char *p, buffer[PATH_MAX];
+  u8 *link, *s = 0;
+  int r;
+
+  va_start (va, fmt);
+  link = va_format (0, fmt, &va);
+  va_end (va);
+  vec_add1 (link, 0);
+
+  r = readlink ((char *) link, buffer, sizeof (buffer) - 1);
+  vec_free (link);
+
+  if (r < 1)
+    return 0;
+
+  p = buffer + r - 1;
+  while (p > buffer && p[-1] != '/')
+    p--;
+
+  while (p[0])
+    vec_add1 (s, p++[0]);
+
+  return s;
+}
+
 clib_error_t *
 unix_proc_file_contents (char *file, u8 ** result)
 {