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Issue 1355 – Problems when uploading files from symlinked location (such as deduplicated drive)

: Core
: 5.12 beta
: Bug
: Medium
: 0
: RESOLVED
: FIXED
: 5.14
Last modified: 2023-02-04 08:45
2015-09-04 11:30
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15624
2015-09-04 11:31
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15754
Emails with Tyson B. Domer in August–September 2015.
2015-09-04 11:32
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14952
2015-09-04 11:40
The problem is that GetFileAttributes WinAPI function randomly fails for some files in a symlinked path. For the same two consecutive API calls the function produce a different results.
2015-09-04 11:42
The problem manifests as "A call to an OS function failed".
2018-08-26 12:14
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26631
2018-09-21 11:33
Workaround implemented.
2018-09-22 07:54
Commit afbdfefe
2020-11-02 12:21
Related to Issue 1918.
2020-11-02 13:59
The problem was not in WinSCP, but was newly introduced due to a code refactoring in WinSCP 5.12.
Mainly by Commit 5cba2a56
2022-06-02 14:02
Related to Issue 2082.
2023-02-04 08:45
Related to Issue 2056.

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