Creating a symbolic link with Java

I'm having trouble creating a symbolic link to a directory in Java. I'm using the createSymbolicLink() method from the Files class: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/nio/file/Files.html Absolute paths: - Target: `/some/path/target` - Link: `/some/path/xxx/linkname` I would expect that a link in the directory `/some/path/xxx/` is created to the folder `/some/path/target`, but instead a link from `/some/path/xxx/linkname` to `/some/path/xxx/target` is created. I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. When I create a link from `/some/path/linkname` to `/some/path/target`, everything works as expected. Any help is greatly appreciated. EDIT: Here's my code: ``` Path records = Paths.get(Properties.getProperty("records.path")); Path recordsLink = Paths.get(Properties.getProperty("webserver.root") + System.getProperty("file.separator") + records.getFileName()); try { Files.createSymbolicLink(recordsLink, records); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } ``` The "records.path" and "webserver.root" are both relative paths. Actually I just found a solution to the problem: It works if I do this: ``` records = records.toAbsolutePath(); ``` I assumed the `createSymbolicLink()` will use absolute paths to create the links, which was wrong.