TC does not handle soft links correctly

[Nop]

Version: TC 11.02 x64

Reproducible behaviour. TC does not recognize soft links.

1. Create a soft link to a folder with mklink /D
2. Move softlink
=> TC will not move the softlink itself, but all the files in the linked folder

The same is true for copy operations and - quite dangerously - for delete.

Executing the same operations with Explorer moves/copies/deletes the links correctly.

[Horst.Epp]

What about reading the forum or the help before posting an error ?
From the help
IgnoreLinks=0 Allows you to ignore hard links (junctions, reparse points) to directories in various functions.
Note: The function "Synchronize dirs" uses a separate option "SyncIgnoreJunctions".
Sum of:
1: copy/move/calculate occupied space
2: internal packers (zip, tar)
4: branch view
8: find files (except when using Everything), re-scan tree
16: ignore links even when they are selected in the current directory. Otherwise only links in selected subdirectories are ignored.

My setting
IgnoreLinks=15

[Nop]

What about reading the forum or the help before posting an error ?

Searched the forum of course, found only some discussion about whether TC could create soft links.

Thanks for the help, but not for the tone.

I tried it, but that suggestion is missing the mark. Now TC totally ignores the links.
I need to move/copy/delete them, not skip them altogether.

[Dalai]

I've never had issues deleting junctions or moving them within the same volume/partition. For symlinks the deletion should be possible in the same way. In regards to copying (and moving to a different volume), well, by default, TC copies the link's target. But there's the setting CopyLinks which controls whether or not the link or target should be copied; see TC help, section 4.b for more information.

Keep in mind though that creating symlinks requires administrative privileges! TC's admin tool should be able to handle that, but since I don't use symlinks (only junctions and hardlinks) I can't really tell if and how well that works. However, one thing is certain: When copying links or moving them to a different volume, TC won't create any links unless CopyLinks is set to a value of >=1. Deletion should work regardless.

Regards
Dalai

[Nop]

Thank you, CopyLinks=1 was exactly what I was looking for.

[ghisler(Author)]

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