Re: Odd symlink behavour

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
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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