add an attachment file with its relative path

Lmaths
How to add an attachment file of an item just with the relative path not the file's absolute path?
  • adamsmith
    "relative paths" are always respective to some base folder. If you specify that in the Advanced/Files and Folders tab of the Zotero preferences, all links are automatically relative.
  • iurisegtovich
    i went into
    'Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Files and Folders > Linked Attachment Base Directory'
    and set it to
    /home/myname/Dropbox/Library

    and did the same in my other PC using windows
    setting it to
    C:\users\myname\Dropbox\Library

    note that dropbox is in charge of syncing the files in different machines

    then I use the option

    (+) > Link to file

    select a file and sync my library

    Then when I try to open it in windows it does not work

    when i used the debug flag it went something like this

    "can't open C:\users\myname\Dropbox\Library\/home/myname/Dropbox/Library/text.pdf"

    so it seems that it stored the full path instead of the relative path.

    I think it worked the other way around (when I added something in windows and then tried to open in ubuntu)

    What should I do to have it working they way I expect
    i.e. adding links from any machine/OS and opening on any other
    where the files are locate in the same directory tree under the confugired relative path
    and the syncing is managed by dropbox or another cloud storage app.

    thanks for reading my issue and for any help provided



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