# Option to follow directory junctions / symbolic links?

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/option-to-follow-directory-junctions-symbolic-links/14750
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/option-to-follow-directory-junctions-symbolic-links/14750 "2020-04-04T16:27:52Z")
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### Author: ![es20490446e](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/es20490446e/32/6658_2.png) [@es20490446e](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/es20490446e)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/option-to-follow-directory-junctions-symbolic-links/14750/154 "2023-06-21T00:37:41Z")

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> [@Doesn't sync files which names contain \`:\`](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/doesnt-sync-files-which-names-contain/20409):
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> Syncthing is unable to sync files if their names contain : Which is what is happening to me while building Arch Linux packages that contains not only pkgver but epoch, for example: c++utilities-100:5.23.0-4-x86\_64.pkg.tar.zst

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