David Kastrup wrote:
If anybody is as fortunate as to actually have Vista available, it
would be nice if he corroborated that relative links under Vista are
indeed (as Microsoft appears to claim) relative with regard to the
current work directory rather than the directory containing the link.
I believe the wording "resolves the path relative to the current
directory" actually refers to the creation of links, not to their use.
C:\stest>ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
C:\stest>echo test > file
C:\stest>mkdir links
C:\stest>cd links
C:\stest\links>echo links > file
C:\stest\links>mklink relative file
symbolic link created for relative <<===>> file
C:\stest\links>mklink dotted .\file
symbolic link created for dotted <<===>> .\file
C:\stest\links>mklink parent ..\file
symbolic link created for parent <<===>> ..\file
C:\stest\links>mklink rooted \stest\links\file
symbolic link created for rooted <<===>> \stest\links\file
C:\stest\links>mklink absolute c:file
symbolic link created for absolute <<===>> c:file
C:\stest\links>dir
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> .
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <DIR> ..
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> absolute [C:\stest\links\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> dotted [.\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM 8 file
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> parent [..\file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> relative [file]
07/09/2007 08:09 AM <SYMLINK> rooted [\stest\links\file]
C:\stest\links>cd ..
C:\stest>type links\relative
links
C:\stest>type links\dotted
links
C:\stest>type links\parent
test
C:\stest>type links\rooted
links
C:\stest>type links\absolute
links
C:\stest>mkdir a
C:\stest>echo a > a\file
C:\stest>move links a
1 dir(s) moved.
C:\stest>type a\links\relative
links
C:\stest>type a\links\dotted
links
C:\stest>type a\links\parent
a
C:\stest>type a\links\rooted
The system cannot find the path specified.
C:\stest>type a\links\absolute
The system cannot find the path specified.
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