Bug report #4096
Referenced layers do not use relative paths if set in project properties
| Status: | Closed | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: |  Marco Hugentobler | ||
| Category: | Project Loading/Saving | ||
| Affected QGIS version: | Regression?: | No | |
| Operating System: | linux | Easy fix?: | No |
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Crashes QGIS or corrupts data: | Copied to github as #: | 14078 |
Description
When saving referenced layers in a project and the project setting is set to relative paths, QGIS still writes the referenced project as absolute.
History
#1
Updated by Andreas Neumann almost 13 years ago
- Assignee set to Marco Hugentobler
#2
Updated by Marco Hugentobler almost 13 years ago
- Status changed from Open to Closed
Seems to work as expected
#3
Updated by Gavin Fleming over 12 years ago
- OS version set to 11.04
- Operating System changed from all to linux
This does happen inconsistently and unexpectedly. Here is an example: This shapefile should have no path as it is in the same directory as the project file yet QGIS writes it as
<datasource>../../../../../Documents and Settings/Gavin/Documents/EdTechConf/data/rivers.shp</datasource>
...which of course will not open on another system.
In this case the project and data are on an NTFS mounted drive on a dual-boot system. Could it be something to do with the spaces in the path or referencing symbolic links vs actual paths?