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slackware_newbie 01-08-2014 03:03 PM
Preserve symlink on samba share when copying in Windows environment
 
Hi,

is it by any means possible that a symlink on a samba share that I copy around using Windows client stays a symlink?

At the moment any symlink that I copy around is a normal file and no longer a symlink.

I want Samba to copy symlinks as symlinks. Is this possible?

TobiSGD 01-08-2014 03:08 PM
Windows doesn't have the concept of symlinks, so I would be very surprised if that would be possible.

dolphin_oracle 01-08-2014 03:25 PM
You say you are copying symlinks from a windows client? How about just making a windows shortcut to the remote symlink.

slackware_newbie 01-08-2014 11:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dolphin_oracle (Post 5094505)
You say you are copying symlinks from a windows client?
Yes, I do so because I'm using TortoiseSVN to put the Files into a repository.


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