Idea #3815
Updated by Tim Pierce over 9 years ago
arv-put boolean option @--ignore-symlinks@ (defaults to true) means that arv-put will skip any symlink it encounters. If this option is false, arv-put will follow the symlink and upload duplicated data, possibly with duplicate blocks in Keep. Bug report from awz: <pre> <awz> hi - I used arvput to upload a dataset that includes some symlinks. <awz> It should be visible to admins: <awz> https://workbench.qr1hi.arvadosapi.com/collections/qr1hi-o0j2j-25b5nkz7dt0qdu3 <awz> I inspected the manifest manually and see that it appears to have copied the bytes and made separate blocks. <awz> It might have been cool if it had done something smarter. <awz> Either don't follow symlinks at all or reuse the blocks. Possible action item: add --follow-symlinks/--no-follow-symlinks options to arv-put. </pre>