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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Bug: Relative paths in file: links are expanded [6.36trans]
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:22:58 -0400
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Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@no8wireless.co.nz> writes:

> If I create a link with C-c C-l and give it a relative "file:" link, a
> link is created with an absolute path.  For example, C-c C-l
> file:../foo.org <RET> foo puts
> [[file:~/path/to/working-directory/foo.org][foo]] in the buffer.  I was
> expecting [[file:../foo.org][foo]].

That is the default behavior. You can change it by setting
org-link-file-path-type to relative.

Best,
Matt