From e4de7d257f463beb89d61f951547bd277866c4bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikolaus Rath Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:34:50 +0100 Subject: Improve documentation for symlink handling options. Fixes: #51. --- sshfs.rst | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'sshfs.rst') diff --git a/sshfs.rst b/sshfs.rst index f768fa0..cc55d27 100644 --- a/sshfs.rst +++ b/sshfs.rst @@ -159,11 +159,17 @@ Options 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 -- cgit v1.2.3