Index: sources/storage/FileHandler.h
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diff -u -r265600079f9f3b741cd3e67c229f39ec66571419 -rb7649e74aeebe1545ba0db9aabe2b41f0a28baec
--- sources/storage/FileHandler.h	(.../FileHandler.h)	(revision 265600079f9f3b741cd3e67c229f39ec66571419)
+++ sources/storage/FileHandler.h	(.../FileHandler.h)	(revision b7649e74aeebe1545ba0db9aabe2b41f0a28baec)
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
 
         static quint8 mO_CopyPercent   = 0; quint8 mC_CopyPercent   = 0;
 
+        // determine if the file is a symlink by checking for the absolute path of the QFile object
+        // if it is empty, this indicates that it is not a symlink, otherwise skip the file
+        QString symLinkAbsolutePath = srcFile.symLinkTarget();
+        if(!symLinkAbsolutePath.isEmpty())                                      { return eOK                 ;            } // skipping the file
+
         if ( ! srcDir .exists() )                                               { err = eSrcFolderNotExist   ; goto lErr; }
         if ( ! srcFile.exists() )                                               { err = eSrcFileNotExist     ; goto lErr; }