"The default value for "Treat Windows shortcuts as targets in listings" is "No", so you would need to modify this to "Yes" in order to test out my settings." Sorry, I got my "Yes" and "No" mixed up in my previous post. Regardless, it does not matter if it's set to "No" or "Yes" with regards to SyncBack. It fails to see the shortcut on the server but I appreciate your explanation because it helps me better understand just what that setting does.
This is from the Serv-U engineer but I do not know what settings were used:
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COMMAND> MLSD 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for MLSD. Type=OS.unix=slink:/change_remixes_the_war_within.zip;Size=979;Create=20130603145656.499;Modify=20130603145656.500;Perm=rwfad;Win32.ea=0x00000020; change_remixes_the_war_within.zip - Shortcut.lnk 226 Transfer complete. 1,777 bytes (626 compressed to 35.23%) transferred. 0.61 actual KB/sec, 1.74 effective KB/sec. STATUS> Transferred 1,777 bytes (626 compressed to 35.23%). 9.70 actual KB/sec, 27.55 effective KB/sec.
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I'm assuming Serv-U reports the shortcut as a Unix file type regardless of that setting. That would explain why SyncBack ignores the shortcut as if it was not being reported by the server.
I was also told by Serv-U support that I could disable MLSD/MLST in the “Server Limits & Settings | FTP Settings” menu, then edit the “LIST” command parameters, and set the listing style to “IIS” or “DOS” but I did not try that because I did not know if that would have any adverse effects. Presumably, that would change Type=OS.unix to something SyncBack would not disregard.
"This issue does not exist for SFTP because the format of the directory listing is already standardized." Can you elaborate on this a little?
