Re: Fixing "can make relative symbolic links only in current directory" problem in "cp/mv -s"

[Brendan Byrd/SineSwiper]

(NOTE: continued from 'Patch for "mv -s" option' thread.)

Paul Eggert wrote:
> This seems like a serious limitation.  Can't you remove it, by using
> canonicalize_file_name say?

Paul E, looking at your suggestion of canonicalize_file_name, that would 
produce an absolute filename, which isn't what we want.  Though, it 
seems like that could be used on the source, on top of a "pwd"-like 
function on the dest, which would be chopped off.  That would give you a 
relative filename.  Is there even a getcwd-type function that accepts a 
filename as an argument?

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