Arclite does not process symlinked files

[johnd0e]

Far Manager version

3.0.6334.0

OS version

10.0.19045.4412

Other software

When trying to add symlink I get just zero-length file instead.

Steps to reproduce

1. Make symlink targeting to some file
2. Create archive with Shift-F1 (or add file to existing archive with F5)
3. Open archive and look to file length.

Expected behavior

I expect any kind of consistent behavior. 7z.exe adds the target file content in this case.

Actual behavior

The actual behavior is 0-length file, and no errors reported. Such behavior is not helpful in either case.

[yegor-mialyk]

An interesting thing is that the attributes for such a file in the archive are AL, where L is probably a link. But still not enough information to "extract" it as a link (no destination file info).

[HamRusTal]

Ideally, the plugin should store the link itself (which can be extracted as a link), and maybe have an option to follow links when adding files to an archive.

[yegor-mialyk]

While it would be ideal, it's a question to the 7zip archiver and its author.