New-Item -ItemType Junction can't create relative link #18251
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Steps to reproduce
using the SymbolicLink Example i assumed it would work for Junction as well.
- create folder
frontend\foo - create folder
backend - within the folder
backendrun the following command:
New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path foo -Target "..\frontend\foo"with Windows Terminal 1.15.2713.0 on Windows 11 Pro 21H2 and PowerShell 7.2.6
Expected behavior
functioning symlink to relative path `..\frontend\foo`Actual behavior
Getting error `New-Item: Could not find item ..\frontend\foo.`Error details
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Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.2.6
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.6
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Visuals
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