On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 04:09:49PM +1100, I wrote:
[...]
| It is worth noting that in the above, "<existing file>" must be a pathname
| with will work when standing in the directory containing the symlink.
| So and absolute pathname will be fine (unless you move the link), but a
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Brain fade there. You can move a symlink with an abs pathname just fine.
However, relative links are more common because you often move the
link and its target as part of shifting an entire file tree (or simply
working in a fashion where you don't _care_ about your absolute location);
the abs link would then point to the wrong spot while the relative link
points correctly unless you've changed the shape of the tree.
--
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
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