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option.
-o transform_symlinks
- transform absolute symlinks on remote side to relative symlinks.
+ transform absolute symlinks on remote side to relative
+ symlinks. This means that if e.g. on the server side
+ ``/foo/bar/com`` is a symlink to ``/foo/blub``, SSHFS will
+ transform the link target to ``../blub`` on the client side.
-o follow_symlinks
follow symlinks on the server, i.e. present them as regular
- files on the client.
+ files on the client. If a symlink is dangling (i.e, the target does
+ not exist) the behavior depends on the remote server - the entry
+ may appear as a symlink on the client, or it may appear as a
+ regular file that cannot be accessed.
-o no_check_root
don't check for existence of 'dir' on server