Well, despite the fact that WinSCP is run as administrator, some transfer options - including timestamps - are greyed out: cf. uploaded screenshots.
Am I missing something?
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jcmanciot
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Posted: 2016-02-26 15:01
WinSCP 5.7.6
Source Files: Ubuntu 15.10 Target Files: Windows 10 Uploaded screenshots: - Symbolic links option is enabled - Mirror sync mode - no symbolic link ("Program-Files" here) is followed during sync No automation tools have been used, only the GUI. If I double-click on the symbolic link within the session panel, it is followed though, which means it is recognized as such by WinSCP.  No Symbolic Link is followed during sync.jpg
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jcmanciot
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Joined: 2016-02-27
Posts: 26 Location: Paris, France |
Posted: 2016-02-27 10:26
From the log which is attached:
Code: Reading symlink "Program-Files".
Type: SSH_FXP_READLINK, Size: 56, Number: 1811 13,00,00,07,13,00,00,00,2F,2F,68,6F,6D,65,2F,61,63,74,69,6F,6E,6D,79,73,74, 69,71,75,65,2F,47,6F,6F,67,6C,65,20,44,72,69,76,65,2F,50,72,6F,67,72,61,6D, 2D,46,69,6C,65,73, Sent 60 bytes There are 0 bytes remaining in the send buffer ... Link resolved to "/home/actionmystique/Program-Files". Read 4 bytes (37 pending) Read 37 bytes (0 pending) Type: SSH_FXP_ATTRS, Size: 37, Number: 2065 69,00,00,08,11,00,00,00,0F,00,00,00,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,03,E8,00,00,03,E8, 00,00,41,F8,56,B1,3E,48,56,D0,37,A4, Read file 'Program-Files' from listing ... Program-Files;D;0;2016-02-26T12:28:49.000Z;"actionmystique" [1000];"actionmystique" [1000];rwxrwxrwx; ... The folder contains 347,796 items, totalling 27.0 GB. root@172.17.100.1.log
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martin
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Joined: 2002-12-10
Posts: 26299 Location: Prague, Czechia |
Posted: 2016-02-29
Yes, the synchronization does not follow symbolic links.
We may add a support for optionally following the links, but it's not planned atm. |
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jcmanciot
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Joined: 2016-02-27
Posts: 26 Location: Paris, France |
Posted: 2016-03-01 07:23
Is the "Resolve symbolic links" option for syncing very different from reading ? I mean, when you know the whole contents of a symlinked folder, how different is it from what is already implemented to sync it?
It would be awesome to add this feature and shouldn't represent a lot more code. |
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martin
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Posts: 26299 Location: Prague, Czechia |
Posted: 2016-03-01
It's not that it's difficult to follow the links.
It's that WinSCP explicitly skips the symlinks when synchronizing. Most users want them to be skipped. |
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jcmanciot
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Posted: 2016-03-01 09:17
Great, so adding the option could almost be done in a heartbeat
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martin
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Posted: 2016-03-01
This request is tracked here:
https://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=51 |
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jcmanciot
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Posted: 2016-03-03 11:29
How can I be notified when the enhancement has been implemented?
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martin
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Posted: 2016-03-11
I'm sending you an email with a development version of WinSCP to the address you have used to register on this forum.
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jcmanciot
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Joined: 2016-02-27
Posts: 26 Location: Paris, France |
Posted: 2016-03-12 18:50
Brilliant!
Almost perfect. The symlinks are followed now during sync when the corresponding option is set. However, I have isolated a very slight glitch so far: all date/time properties of synced files are correct, but for folders, they do not match; the date & time of the sync is used for the synced destination folders, instead of the date & time of the source folders. |
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martin
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Posted: 2016-03-14
WinSCP does not update timestamps of directories by default, no matter if it is symlinked directory or not.
You have to enable this. See: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/ui_transfer_custom |
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jcmanciot
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Posted: 2016-03-14 10:46
Well, despite the fact that WinSCP is run as administrator, some transfer options - including timestamps - are greyed out: cf. uploaded screenshots.
Am I missing something? WinSCP as administrator.JPG
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martin
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Posted: 2016-03-14
jcmanciot wrote: This bug has been added to the tracker: https://winscp.net/tracker/show_bug.cgi?id=1410 I'm sending you a new development version. |
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