freefilesync 13.4 SymLink in windows 11 problem

[icyhoty2k]

Problem with symlink on windows 11:
Hapeens with mklink /d , mklink /h , mklink /j
Reproduce:
1.mklink /d testlink21 d:\01_BACKUPS\
2.Start freefilesync as admin Sync from windows 11 pc ntfs fs to a nas on ext4 fs
3.view images for details
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[Plerry]

What is your Symbolic Link handling setting (in the FFS GUI Comparison (F6) tab)?
What file system is your \\q\ location? Not all file systems support reparse points.

[icyhoty2k]

\\192.168.0.20 (\\q\) is a ext4 file system , but this happen also on windows to windows ntsf to ntfs too.
Include sybolic link : AS LINK (NOT FOLLOW)

[icyhoty2k]

try it on windows to windows its the same!

[therube]

Looks to work - Win7.

C:\TMP\BRU\dir_holding_a_symlink>mklink /d spacedout-symLINK C:\TMP\BRU\spacedout
symbolic link created for spacedout-symLINK <<===>> C:\TMP\BRU\spacedout

C:\TMP\BRU\dir_holding_a_symlink>dir

 Directory of C:\TMP\BRU\dir_holding_a_symlink

03/20/2024  11:22 AM    <DIR>          dir1
03/20/2024  11:22 AM    <DIR>          dir2
03/20/2024  11:16 AM    <SYMLINKD>     spacedout-symLINK [C:\TMP\BRU\spacedout]

C:\TMP\BRU\dir_holding_a_symlink>


1. non-Admin, so it will fail*
(*actually, it depends, as in some circumstances it looks to work)
2. non-Admin, failed
3. Admin, before sync
4. Admin, sync worked, re-Compared & "equals" displayed
.

FreeFileSync symLINK handling Win7.png (143.35 KiB) Viewed 165 times

[icyhoty2k]

look at the erroe you get vs the error i get ..probably symlink cannot be copyed from windows to nix:

In *nix a symlink is typically just a plain text file with a "symlink" attribute. The file contains the path to the link target. The "symlink" attribute does not exist on Windows.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23380231/how-to-copy-symbolic-link-file-from-linux-to-windows-and-then-back-to-linux-but