Lister: NTFS SymLink of picture shown in bin mode

DrShark · Post by *DrShark » 2015-11-04, 16:45 UTC

To reproduce:
1. For a picture file that Lister can internally view as an image (check it using Lister's Image/Multimedia mode), make a Symbolic link.
2. Try to open a symbolic link of picture file in lister: it's opened in binary mode. On top of that, it's impossible to force Lister's Image/Multimedia mode in this case.

Post by *petermad » 2015-11-04, 17:38 UTC

Confirmed with internal Lister viewer.

If I have Imagine plugin installed, it displays the symlink OK.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2015-11-05, 14:20 UTC

The problem with file symlinks is that they show up as 0 byte files in the file list.

DrShark · Post by *DrShark » 2017-03-22, 20:20 UTC

Not fixed in TC 9.00a.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2017-03-23, 10:06 UTC

Sorry, there is no solution.

DrShark · Post by *DrShark » 2017-03-23, 13:20 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:Sorry, there is no solution.

Why? And I also tried it with IrfanView set in Lister's Options->Configure..., but this doesn't help either. IrfanView app itself shows the picture after opening symlink just fine.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2017-03-23, 14:09 UTC

Windows returns a size of zero for symbolic links to files.

DrShark · Post by *DrShark » 2017-03-23, 14:14 UTC

ghisler(Author) wrote:Windows returns a size of zero for symbolic links to files.

Yes, but Lister doesn't show empty window, it shows the binary data of actual file! And why zero size is not a problem for IrfanView? I'm sorry, I'm not a programmer, but can't Lister then check whether 0-size file is a symlink and if yes, show a picture of actual file?

DrShark · Post by *DrShark » 2017-09-21, 19:56 UTC

Fixed in TC 9.10 pre-beta and public beta 1.