Revert "Simplify symlink"

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/container-accesslogging/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/logging/LogFileHandler.java b/container-accesslogging/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/logging/LogFileHandler.java
index 75e9febc192..ab246a21a43 100644
--- a/container-accesslogging/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/logging/LogFileHandler.java
+++ b/container-accesslogging/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/logging/LogFileHandler.java
@@ -298,7 +298,14 @@ public class LogFileHandler extends StreamHandler {
         if (symlinkName == null) return;
         File f = new File(fileName);
         File f2 = new File(f.getParent(), symlinkName);
-        String [] cmd = new String[]{"/bin/ln", "-sf", f.getName(), f2.getPath()};
+        String canonicalPath;
+        try {
+            canonicalPath = f.getCanonicalPath();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.warning("Got '" + e + "' while doing f.getCanonicalPath() on file '" + f.getPath() + "'.");
+            return;
+        }
+        String [] cmd = new String[]{"/bin/ln", "-sf", canonicalPath, f2.getPath()};
         try {
             int retval = new ProcessExecuter().exec(cmd).getFirst();
             // Detonator pattern: Think of all the fun we can have if ln isn't what we