Zip with symlink in it?

Question

I read that zip files can contain symlinks. I want to test what our software library does with such symlinks and whether this is a security concern for our server.

Therefore I'm in need of such a zip file. However, I'm not able to create one. Does anyone have a sample file or at least can tell me how to create one myself?

I've got Winzip, WinRAR and 7zip and I didn't manage to create such a zip with either one :-(

Solution

For 7z, WIM and TAR can contain symbolic links. I don't think ZIP can contain symbolic links in windows.

Comments

[simo.3792]

already answered over here superuser.com/questions/128969/symbolic-links-and-7zip

[D.R.]

According to security.stackexchange.com/questions/73718/… they can?!

[mt025]

That works on linux where links are just files. However on NTFS, they are 0 byte files and the link information is not stored in the file itself.