Index: sources/storage/FileHandler.h
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diff -u -rb7649e74aeebe1545ba0db9aabe2b41f0a28baec -r7d6fa45cd6ab5806153706ce7092872220678de3
--- sources/storage/FileHandler.h	(.../FileHandler.h)	(revision b7649e74aeebe1545ba0db9aabe2b41f0a28baec)
+++ sources/storage/FileHandler.h	(.../FileHandler.h)	(revision 7d6fa45cd6ab5806153706ce7092872220678de3)
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 
     static QStringList  subFolders(const QString &vFolder);
 
+    static bool isPathSymLink(const QString &vFilePath);
+
     /*!
      * \brief   FileHandler::copyFile
      * \details Copies a file chunk by chunk
@@ -96,10 +98,7 @@
 
         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 ( isPathSymLink(vSource + vFileName) )                               { return eOK                 ;            } // skipping the file
 
         if ( ! srcDir .exists() )                                               { err = eSrcFolderNotExist   ; goto lErr; }
         if ( ! srcFile.exists() )                                               { err = eSrcFileNotExist     ; goto lErr; }