GeneralCross platform file linking

LaTeX specific issues not fitting into one of the other forums of this category.
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danielstrong52
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Cross platform file linking

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Hi forum,

I am on Linux, and have been making a pdf using pdfLaTeX which is a list of links to other pdfs. I have been creating the links using hyperref, like this:

\href{../filedir/file.pdf}{Link}

The problem is that I want to distribute the files as an archive to some friends who run windows, and, unsurprisingly I guess, the link doesn't work on Windows (it does on OSX, due to the practically identical Unix-based filesystem). Is there any way to get around this?

Dan

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