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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>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
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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">&lt;IncludeSymlinks&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;false&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/IncludeSymlinks&gt;<BR>&lt;TraverseDirectorySymlinks&gt;true&nbsp;&lt;/TraverseDirectorySymlinks&gt;<BR>&lt;CopyFileSymlinks&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;false&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/CopyFileSymlinks&gt;</FONT></P>
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<UL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">Enable
	&quot;<I>Include Symbolic Links</I>&quot; in order to process
	Symbolic Links at all, i.e. add them to the file and directory
	listing.<BR></FONT>&nbsp;</P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">&quot;<I>Traverse
	Directory Links</I>&quot; 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>&nbsp;</P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">&quot;<I>Copy
	File Links</I>&quot; 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>
</UL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><BR>
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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 &quot;<I>Traverse
Directory Links</I>&quot; is implicitly enabled and </FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">&quot;</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>Copy
File Links</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">&quot; disabled.</FONT></P>
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	<FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><B>Note:</B></FONT></P>
	<UL>
		<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>&quot;Reparse Points&quot;</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>&quot;Symbolic
		Link&quot; </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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