Preserve symbolic links on local storage
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'm always frustrated when i try backing up symlinks using docker-compose exec --user www-data app php occ files:scan --all because it go to location of file and scan it instead of uploading the symlink as is (text file with location of real location?)
Describe the solution you'd like
treat symlinks as textfiles maybe and upload them?
Describe alternatives you've considered
I enabled backup up links in my config.php ('localstorage.allowsymlinks' => true,)
Additional context
My use case is backing up my files (including .wine dir which uses sym links in z:\ that leads to my root dir)
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Research direction
Start with the occ files:scan --all workflow and the localstorage.allowsymlinks setting in config.php. Determine how local symbolic links are handled during scanning, then verify that a symlink can be uploaded as a text file containing its target location without following the link; the issue does not name specific files or tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100