[Gllug] Symbolic links and relative paths

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 05:07:10PM +0000, Tom wrote:
> Is it possible to use symbolic links in such a way that relative paths
> are relative to where the symlink is, not to where it points to?
> ie
> 
> ln -s /tmp /home/tom/sandpit
> ls /home/tom/sandpit/../Mail
> 
> won't work because there is no /tmp/../Mail. There is /home/tom/Mail,
> however, and that's what I want. Well, for the purposes of explanation
> anyway.

No.  In *nix, .. is not a code that the shell interpretes, as it is in
DOS/Windows.  Rather, it's a hard link to the actual parent directory.
This is true even if you are looking at a mounted Windows filesystem.

-- 
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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