creating symlinks

[r00ted]

When creating symlinks to mounted folder shortcut has leading ../../../../../folder
Where it should be /mnt/folder/
How can I fix this?

[rednoah]

Please provide context. What are you trying to achieve? What have you tried so far? (NOTE: complete console output would be helpful)

Please post filebot -script fn:sysinfo output. See How to Request Help for details.

[r00ted]

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filebot -rename -r "/mnt/remote/rd/movies" -no-xattr --db TheMovieDB -non-strict --action symlink --output "/mnt/symlinks/import" --format {jellyfin.id}

Symlink created should be /mnt/remote/rd/movies/movie_name but creates

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../../../../../mnt/remote/rd/movies/movie_name

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FileBot 5.1.3 (r10185)
JNA Native: 6.1.1
MediaInfo: 21.09
Tools: fpcalc/1.5.1 7z/16.02 unrar/6.11
Extended Attributes: OK
Unicode Filesystem: OK
Script Bundle: 2024-05-12 (r962)
Groovy: 4.0.15
JRE: OpenJDK Runtime Environment 11.0.22
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
CPU/MEM: 8 Core / 6 GB Max Memory / 25 MB Used Memory
OS: Linux (amd64)
HW: Linux  5.15.0-107-generic #117-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 26 12:26:49 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
CPU/MEM: : AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core Processor / MemTotal: 25 GB / MemFree: 18 GB / MemAvailable: 19 GB
STORAGE: ext4 [/] @ 1.2 TB | fuse.rclone [/mnt/remote/rd] @ 1,125 TB
UID/GID: uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),27(sudo),115(docker)
DATA: /home/user/.filebot
Package: DEB
License: FileBot License P61955801 (Valid-Until: 2025-06-01)
Done ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

[rednoah]

Absolute Symlink

[r00ted]

This does not work, no symlink created. Rather copies files over to destination

[rednoah]

This does not work, no symlink created. Rather copies files over to destination

What does the console output say?


Note that have already confirmed that --action symlink creates relative symlinks. Setting net.filebot.symlink=absolute via the configuration file does not fundamentally change what --action symlink does. Certainly cannot result in --action symlink changing to --action copy. In any case, the console output will tell us what filebot is doing.

[r00ted]

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$ filebot -script fn:properties --def net.filebot.symlink=absolute
Update user-defined System Properties
* Set net.filebot.symlink = absolute
Store user-defined System Properties
* Write /home/user/.filebot/system.properties
#FileBot System Properties
#Tue May 28 09:49:54 CEST 2024
net.filebot.symlink=absolute

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filebot -rename -r "/mnt/remote/rd/movies/Moovie.2023.1080p.WEBRip.x264-Group" -no-xattr --db TheMovieDB -non-strict --action symlink --action keeplink --output "/mnt/symlinks/import" --format {jellyfin.id}

[r00ted]

I have tested now without --action keeplink & symlink was created correctly, will test a bit further before doing entire folder

[rednoah]

You are using --action keeplink by accident:

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--action symlink --action keeplink

NOTE: If you specify the same option twice, then the last one counts.


--action keeplink will indeed MOVE the file and then create a symlink to the new file path at the old file path. BE AWARE THAT THE FILES WERE MOVED and NOT COPIED.