[VFS-345] Regression: FTP Provider does not support symbolic links correctly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Nightly Builds
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andreas Persson
• Created: 07/Jan/11 10:07
• Updated: 19/Feb/13 10:02

Description

After the fix from VFS-307, the FTP provider does not handle symbolic links correctly.

A symlink to a directory returns false from exists(). getType() returns FileType.IMAGINARY.

Issue Links

• is broken by: VFS-307 VFS issues a lot of FTP commands when listing a directory
• is duplicated by: VFS-346 File does not exist while connecting to SFTP server using 2.0 SNAPSHOT while it exists while using 1.0
• is duplicated by: VFS-436 [FTP] VFS doesn't pull correctly when pulling a directory that's symbolic linked
• is related to: VFS-196 FTP Provider Does Not Support Symbolic Links Correctly