Symlinks can be both absolute or relative. You can compare a symlink to a
simple text file where is written the destination path. If the symlink is
relative then the start point is the symlink path.
Ex: path /abc/a
cd /abc
ln -s a b <= relative symlink to ./a
ln -s /abc/a c => absolute symlink to /abc/a
In python you have:
os.readlink(path)
Return a string representing the path to which the symbolic link points.
The result may be either an absolute or relative pathname; if it is relative,
it may be converted to an absolute pathname using
os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path), result).
Changed in version 2.6: If the path is a Unicode object the result will
also be a Unicode object.
Availability: Unix.
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Soft links in snapshots should not be browseable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447841
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Status in Back In Time: In Progress
Bug description:
When browsing soft links in snapshots they take you to the current
directories/files without notice unless they're relative and completely
contained in the snapshot. They should have a specific display and browsing
them should be disabled since they might take you outside the snapshot. Even
when they would work as expected it would be best showing them as
non-browseable soft links.
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