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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):</FONT></P>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif"><I>Ignore</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"
excludes Symbolic Links while scanning the input directories.<BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"Direct"
configures synchronization of the Symbolic Link object itself and
not its target. Symbolic Links will be visible on main grid as a
separate entity with corresponding meta data. Links pointing to
directories are not traversed and the Link object is copied directly
during synchronization. <BR></FONT> </P>
<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">"<I>Follow</I>"
dereferences Symbolic Links, i.e. they are treated like their target
objects. Links pointing to directories are traversed like ordinary
folders and the target of each Link is copied during
synchronization.</FONT></P>
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<LI><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, sans-serif">In
Windows 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">Copying
Symbolic Links requires the application to be started with
Administrator rights.</FONT></P>
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