Messages in this thread |  | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: Odd symlink behavour | Date | Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:35:28 -0200 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <326D8731.57A84CB2@superlink.net>, Andras Pataki <apataki@superlink.net> writes: > comet:/files/Store$ ls -l z > lrwxrwxrwx 1 apataki users 4 Oct 22 22:35 z -> /usr > > jupiter:/mnt/comet/files/Store# ls -l z > lrwxrwxrwx 1 apataki users 1024 Oct 22 22:35 z -> ../../usr > > Why is z not a link to /usr but ../../usr ?
Because the NFS server translates symlinks to relative form.
> Is there a way to make an absolute symlink to /usr from > /mnt/comet/files/Store/z ? > RTFM of the NFS server.
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