It is not just shapefiles that are multi-file. Rasters, for example, can use world files, which site beside them on the file system and allow gdal to know their extents. If the world file is not also symlinked then it will not be found by gdal and this functionality breaks.
It is not just shapefiles that are multi-file. Rasters, for example, can use world files, which site beside them on the file system and allow gdal to know their extents. If the world file is not also symlinked then it will not be found by gdal and this functionality breaks.