[Gllug] Symbolic links and relative paths

[Tom Schutzer-Weissmann]

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.

thank y'all
TSW


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