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  1. 01/16/2019, 13:57 #1
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    Default The path exists and is not a symlink

    Command contao:symlinks fails with the error «The path "web/files/some-folder" exists and is not a symlink». This happens on one of my contao installations (4.5.14) for reason, that I cannot figure out. I get this error message for every public folder in /files folder
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  2. 01/16/2019, 16:24 #2
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    Delete "web/files/some-folder" and create symlink again.
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  3. 01/16/2019, 19:21 #3
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    I searched the web and the forum before posting, and this answer is always appearing. I don't get this solution.
    "/web/files/some-folder" is a real folder, because "/web/files" points to "/files". If I delete it, of course everything's fine, no folder – no problem. But I need this folder (obviously), and when it's there – there's the problem again.
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    "/web/files" should not point to "/files". "/web/files" should be a physical folder. Contao creates the symlinks inside of "/web/files". Delete "/web/files" and then run composer install again.
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  5. 01/16/2019, 20:00 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    "/web/files" should not point to "/files". "/web/files" should be a physical folder. Contao creates the symlinks inside of "/web/files". Delete "/web/files" and then run composer install again.
    Well... looks like it’s not true. I just did that and Contao created symlink “files” in the /web folder, and then I got the same error messages.
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  6. 01/17/2019, 10:13 #6
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    Please post the output of
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    ls -la
    within your Contao installation's web/ folder.
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  7. 01/17/2019, 17:43 #7
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  8. 01/17/2019, 18:25 #8
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    This is wrong. As already stated above web/files should be a folder not a symlink.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xchs View Post
    This is wrong. As already stated above web/files should be a folder not a symlink.
    ...and?
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    Quote Originally Posted by vini View Post
    ...and?
    Set up a new vanilla Contao 4.6.13 installation on the same host and check if the behavior is the same there.
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  11. 01/17/2019, 20:17 #11
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    Problem solved. Apparently a .public file should not be present in the /files folder.
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  12. 01/17/2019, 20:21 #12
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    Interesting, I did not know that works. I think that's a Contao bug. I'll test and report accordingly.
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  13. 01/17/2019, 20:24 #13
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    I don’t know exactly, why the file was there. It’s highly possible that I messed that up some day. All other installations that I manage don’t have it there.
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  14. 01/17/2019, 20:35 #14
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    https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/286
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