bobjects Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hi! Is it possible to configure BitTorrent Sync for Linux to follow symlinks instead of transferring the symlink itself? Thanks! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowd Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I'd love to have this feature. I can create file links to a single folder and just sync this folder rather than multiple folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yottabit Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 If BTSync followed the symlink instead of transferring the link itself, it would act much like Junction Points on Windows, and would be preferable.I use Junction Points on Windows to link everything I want to sync from my profile into a single BTSync directory, and would love to do the same with Linux and FreeBSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowd Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Previously I use Dropbox on my Linux, and it support symlinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 In the AeroFS community, there's been a debate for months with the more techie users wanting the exact opposite - that the symlinks themselves are transferred.You can read a sample here: http://support.aerof...-symbolic-linksSo in that way, BTSync "supports" symlinks flawlessly right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobjects Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Both approaches are useful for different applications, so ideally it would be optional. Probably an "Advanced" option for a folder. I take it that only copying the symlink is supported now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lux Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ideally you'd configure it per-share in the .conf JSON or even list all symlinks you want to see traversed rather than simply copied in a .SyncSymlinks file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdebath Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Actually, it's not perfect at the moment, I'd want symlinks transferred to the Windows client too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH44 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Actually, it's not perfect at the moment, I'd want symlinks transferred to the Windows client too.So would I. I just added a request for this to the wishlist here:http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/8620-wishlist/page__st__540#entry62384so I won't repeat the details here.No doubt this would need to be configurable at the folder level or at the link level, because some people want symbolic links to be copied as links, others want to access their contents. For my application I would want the contents at the target to be delivered. As you'll see in the other posting, I'm talking about one-way sync, using read-only secrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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