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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ The following may be synchronized or not, depending:
- Extended attributes (when enabled)
- POSIX or NFS ACLs (as part of extended attributes)

.. note::

Note that what can be synced often depends on the operating system, file
system, and possibly other factors. For example, even though Syncthing may
try to synchronise symbolic links on Android, this will not succeed, as the
OS does not support them on the user storage.

The following are *not* synchronized;

- Directory modification times (not preserved)
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