Re: Absolute symlink created relatively to the current directory

[Pádraig Brady]

On 04/04/2013 10:54 AM, Rémy Lefevre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the common way to create a symlink is to run the following command:
> 
> ln -s target_path link_path
> 
> where target_path is the relative or absolute path to which the symbolic link 
> should point.
> 
> In the case of relative symlink, the provided target_path must be relative to 
> the link directory and not to the current working directory (where the ln 
> command is run).
> 
> To avoid this drawback, the --relative option have been added to ln since  
> coreutils-8.16. So, it's now possible to create a relative symlink by passing 
> the target_path relative to the current working directory instead of the link 
> directory.
> 
> However, this feature is only available for relative symlink and not for 
> absolute one. So, my proposal is to add a --absolute option to ln, in order 
> to allow absolute symlink creation by providing target_path relatively to the 
> current directory.
> 
> Let me know your mind about this idea. In the case of acceptance, I could 
> write a patch to add this feature.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rémy.

We thought about that previously,
but thought it might not be worth it,
as an absolute path is easily achieved by other means:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2012-03/msg00165.html

thanks,
Pádraig.