Method of locating a file linked to a document in a relocated document directory structure

摘要

A mechanism for locating a linked file is described. The mechanism retrieves a reference to a linked file linked to a document. The reference specifies an absolute pathname. The mechanism parses the absolute pathname into a plurality of relative pathnames and appends a first one of the relative pathnames to a current directory specification for the document to produce a new absolute pathname. Subsequent ones of the plurality of relative pathnames are appended to the current directory specification until the new absolute pathname points to the linked file.