I'm using Archiver in a NodeJS environment (running on linux) to create a ZIP with a structure like this:
/root
/documents
/doc1.pdf
/doc2.pdf
/doc3.pdf
/clientA
/doc1.pdf < symlink to ../documents/doc1.pdf
/clientB
/doc3.pdf < symlink to ../documents/doc3.pdf
Using these functions of ArchiverJS:
archiverInstance.append(filestream, {name: '/root/documents/doc1.pdf'})
archiverInstance.symlink('/root/clientA/doc1.pdf', '../documents/doc1.pdf')
When I download this ZIP on linux, I can open the symlinks.
# linux ubuntu 19.04
ls -l ~/root/clientA
lrwxrwxrwx 1 usr usr 28 oct 11 11:51 doc1.pdf -> ../documents/doc1.pdf`
But when I download this ZIP on Windows 10, symlinks are broken, using the standard "Extract" button from the windows explorer.
# windows 10
cd root/clientA
dir
10/11/2019 02:49 AM <DIR> .
10/11/2019 02:49 AM <DIR> ..
10/11/2019 02:49 28 doc1.pdf < click on it = PDF corrupted
1 File(s) 28 bytes
2 Dir(s)
Why this does not work on Windows 10? And is there an alternative to make it work?
Thanks