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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: how to make relative file links?
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David Belohrad <david@belohrad.ch> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> i've just noticed one annoying thing. When I specify the relative file
> link by org-insert-link, then I specify 'file:' <enter>, then i specify
> filename with relative path, the function converts the relative path to
> absolute path. so when i move my org files into another location,
> well...
>
> is there any way how to tell to org-store-link (and as well to %a in
> org-capture templates) to specify link path relative to the file the
> link is stored in?
>
> respectively: if file contains many links, how can i assure file: links
> portability when entire org tree changes location?
>
> many thanks
>
> david

Does this help?

,----
| org-link-file-path-type is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is adaptive
| 
| Documentation:
| How the path name in file links should be stored.
| Valid values are:
| 
| relative  Relative to the current directory, i.e. the directory of the file
|           into which the link is being inserted.
| absolute  Absolute path, if possible with ~ for home directory.
| noabbrev  Absolute path, no abbreviation of home directory.
| adaptive  Use relative path for files in the current directory and sub-
|           directories of it.  For other files, use an absolute path.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

Nick