fix(storage): Unlink symlink instead of deleting target content and link #53447
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Summary
Nextcloud allow following symlink (https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_server/config_sample_php_parameters.html#localstorage-allowsymlinks) but removal of symlink remove files in the target of the symlink and fail to remove the link returning an error.
Using the following structure:
created with:
Current
After deletion of
alink
symbolic link, the content ofafolder
is removed, the link also and an error is reported.Results is:
After
If the resource to be deleted is a link, unlink it (and preserve link target content).
Todo
Quite new to the Nextcloud codebase, any pointer to a test related to symlink is welcomed.
Checklist