# Permalink Configuration Value missing

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/permalink-configuration-value-missing/42864>\
**Category:** feature\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/permalink-configuration-value-missing/42864 "2023-02-09T09:32:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jhvanderschee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jhvanderschee/32/18241_2.png) [@jhvanderschee](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jhvanderschee)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/permalink-configuration-value-missing/42864/1 "2023-02-09T09:32:42Z")

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When looking at the permalink values, there is no way to set the ‘path’ as a permalink value. Note that this IS the default behaviour. Something like ‘:path’, which would differ from ‘:filename’ in the way that it would also return the directory (structure).

> **[URL Management](https://gohugo.io/content-management/urls/#permalink-configuration-values)**
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> Hugo supports permalinks, aliases, link canonicalization, and multiple options for handling relative vs absolute URLs.

I would like to have this option. What are your thoughts on this?

PS. Note that ‘:path’ differs from ‘:sections’, as not all directories are (nested) sections. Maybe :path should be a slice, like :sections and maybe it should be called :directories.

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/permalink-configuration-value-missing/42864/2 "2023-02-09T12:44:34Z")

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I looks like I erroneously closed [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/9327) as a duplicate. Reopening…