AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenColorIO
Symbolic links in config path don't work
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Description
I reached a bug in Natron that seems to be related to OCIO: https://github.com/MrKepzie/Natron/issues/1719
This:
```
C:\app\inria\natron
```
Is a symlink to:
```
\\srvapp\app\inria\natron
```
`OCIO` env var is:
```
C:\app\inria\natron\2.3.4\Resources\OpenColorIO-Configs\blender\config.ocio
```
And it looks like `OCIO` can't reach the path because it's a Windows symbolic links to UNC paths:

1) Are we sure OCIO read the path `C:\app\inria\natron\2.3.4\Resources\OpenColorIO-Configs\blender\config.ocio` properly?
2) Would it be a Natron problem?
Thanks in advance! :)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the OCIO environment-variable path using the Windows symbolic link from C:\app\inria\natron to the UNC path \\srvapp\app\inria\natron, and review the linked Natron issue #1719. The issue names no source file or test and does not define whether the fix belongs in OpenColorIO or Natron, so completion criteria need clarification.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100