Re: [BUG] Attachments not resolved correctly from symlinked Org files

[Ihor Radchenko]

Karthik Chikmagalur <karthikchikmagalur@gmail.com> writes:

> Attachment paths are not resolved correctly when the Org file is
> symlinked elsewhere. This may or may not be a bug, but I think it's
> undesired behavior:
> ...
> 3. Symlink test.org from elsewhere, say
>
> /tmp/test.org -> ~/Desktop/test.org
> ...
> - An empty directory is created, like
>   /tmp/data/48/2697ee-913c-4eee-b1fb-636416d3fb6b
>
> - The original attachment can't be found, since it's actually in
>   ~/Desktop/data/48/2697ee-913c-4eee-b1fb-636416d3fb6b

I can see the problem.
But what would you expect to happen if there was no attachment in the
original directory? Should the attachment be created relative to the
original file? To the symlink?

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