Relative path names inside m3u playlists : possible ?

[DavidHB]

@Andre Gosselin

Just a couple of points from my end. Firstly, I have not understood why you would wish to duplicate a playlist that is indexed and referenced by MinimServer (I assume of course that by 'duplicate', you mean 'produce another playlist that references the same set of tracks'), or why you need such a large number of playlists. MinimServer will put all the lists in the same place in its browse tree. What is the sequence of actions that requires a duplicated list?

Secondly, you might like to read (or re-read) the Microsoft Guidelines on path naming, which contains the following:

"A file name is relative to the current directory if it does not begin with one of the following:
- A UNC name of any format, which always start with two backslash characters ("\\") ... ;
- A disk designator with a backslash, for example "C:\" or "d:\";
- A single backslash, for example, "\directory" or "\file.txt". This is also referred to as an absolute path.
If a file name begins with only a disk designator but not the backslash after the colon, it is interpreted as a relative path to the current directory on the drive with the specified letter. Note that the current directory may or may not be the root directory depending on what it was set to during the most recent "change directory" operation on that disk."

So the point is that your system works because it happens to create valid relative paths. Using ".\" or "..\" as appropriate can also help you to ensure that relative paths remain valid when files are copied or moved.

David