Re: symlink weirdness

[Stefan Monnier]

>> ln -s `relpath $C $B` $C
> Though I can't off the top of my head think of any other tools that
> might benefit from it, I like that idea.

It's sufficiently useful for Emacs to have a function that does just that:
file-relative-name.  It doesn't pay attention to symlinks, tho (more to the
point, the function is a pure string-manipulation and works without even
looking at the file system AFAIK) so the result might not work.


        Stefan