# \--symlink=follow

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/symlink-follow/8082
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/symlink-follow/8082 "2019-09-19T21:43:27Z")
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### Author: ![GeneLatham](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@GeneLatham](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/GeneLatham)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2019, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/symlink-follow/8082/3 "2019-09-21T15:43:15Z")

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Thank you, that makes me feel much better. Because this confused me I took the liberty of rewriting it as follows:

> Use this option to handle symlinks differently. The “store” option will simply record a symlink with its name and destination, and a restore will recreate the symlink as a link. Use the option “ignore” to ignore all symlinks and not store any information about them. The option “follow” will cause the symlinked target to be backed up and restored as a normal file with the symlink name. Early versions of Duplicati did not support this option and behaved as if “follow” were specified.
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> Default value: “Store”

Thanks again,  
Gene

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