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<H3 CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Symbolic link
handling <SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Windows since Vista and
Linux)</SPAN></FONT></H3>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">FreeFileSync
offers three advanced options to configure processing of Symbolic
Links (also called Symlinks or Soft Links). They can be configured
directly within a *.ffs_gui/ffs_batch file via a text editor. Only
the first option is presented on GUI:</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><IncludeSymlinks> false </IncludeSymlinks><BR><TraverseDirectorySymlinks>true </TraverseDirectorySymlinks><BR><CopyFileSymlinks> false </CopyFileSymlinks></FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Enable
"<I>Include Symbolic Links</I>" in order to process
Symbolic Links at all, i.e. add them to the file and directory
listing.<BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>Traverse
Directory Links</I>" specifies handling of Symbolic Links to
directories:<BR>If this option is enabled, they are traversed like
ordinary directories during comparison. When synchronizing, the
target of the Symbolic Link will be copied. If disabled, Symbolic
Links are not traversed. During synchronization, copying them
results in a copy of the Symbolic Link.<BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>Copy
File Links</I>" defines the behavior for copying Symbolic Links
pointing to files:<BR>If checked, the Symbolic Link itself will be
copied. If unchecked, the target of the Link will be copied instead.</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">On GUI
only the first option is available for configuration, while "<I>Traverse
Directory Links</I>" is implicitly enabled and </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>Copy
File Links</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">" disabled.</FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note:</B></FONT></P>
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<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In
the Windows build the options described above always apply to
</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"Reparse Points"</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">.
Reparse Points are a more general concept including for example
Symbolic Links, Junctions and Mount Points. The term </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>"Symbolic
Link" </I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">has
been retained nevertheless for harmonization with Linux.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Creating
or copying Symbolic Links requires the application to be started
with Administrator rights.</FONT></P>
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