File Provider: support symbolic link operations #71204
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api
feature-request
Request for new features or functionality
file-io
File I/O
remote
Remote system operations issues
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With the new file service we can support move/copy across file system providers for files and folders. However, if one of the items is a symbolic link, there is currently no way to re-create such a link on the target provider.
In node.js terms there is a method called
symlink
.I think conceptually we would need new API such as
link(source, target)
and then providers have to deal with the quirks.On top of that we also need a way to resolve the target of the link, otherwise we cannot make a decision how to restore it.
Bottom line: I think it only makes sense to preserve symlinks if they are self contained in the data that is being moved/copied, not when pointing outside.
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