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Werk #4680: Sync of local hierarchy (MKPs) preserves symlinks now

Component Setup
Title Sync of local hierarchy (MKPs) preserves symlinks now
Date May 12, 2017
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.5.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.4.0b7 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8p23 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

A WATO slave site can be configured to get all local files (e.g. created with MKPs) of the master can be synced to the slave site. Previous versions were not copying symlinks. Instead of it the link destination files were copied to the symlink location.

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