Agent and symbolic links, hard links, directory junctions

Agents behave differently when encountering different types of file links depending on link type and operating system. Refer to the table below for exact behavior.

Applicable to distribution and consolidation jobs only

Sync jobs don't sync symbolic links and junctions to prevent filename Conflicts. However, it's possible to follow a link on Linux Agents, read more about it here.
If you want transfer jobs to ignore links and junctions, set Agent profile parameter "Ignore symlinks" to "Yes". Keep in mind that it will apply to all the jobs on the agent.

Sync from	Link Type	Sync to
		Windows	Linux	Mac	Azure	Amazon	GCP
Windows	hard link	as file	as file	as file	as file	as file	as file
	symlink to a file	as zero file	as zero file	as zero file	as zero file	as zero file	as zero file
	symlink to a folder	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder
	directory junction	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder	as folder
Linux	hard link	as file	as file	as file	as file	as file	as file
	symlink	no	as symlink*	as symlink*	no	no	no
OS X	hard link	as file	as file	as file
	symlink	no	as symlink*	as symlink*
	Alias	as garbage**	as garbage**	as garbage**