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Error: symlink(): Invalid argument – when creating a Project

Created on 10th June 2026 at 13:15 by Jamie O'Connell



When a document is linked to a project in a one2edit™ system, a symbolic link (symlink) is created to the Document fonts subfolder (if one exists).

A symlink may not contain certain characters (e.g. characters with umlauts, accents, etc.). Therefore, if the path to the Document fonts folder contains such characters, the creation of the symlink will fail. This will, in turn, throw an error: symlink(): Invalid argument

For simplicity, when creating any folder or filename on the asset server, it is safest to use the character ranges: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, whitespace, and underscore.

NOTE: For detailed information about what characters a symlink may contain, please see RFC2224 and RFC1808.

NOTE: This does not apply to users of the one2editFS Asset Projects.

Error displayed in Notifications

This shows the error, as seen in the user's notifications.

The error appears when attempting to link an InDesign document as a project in one2edit™.

Folder contains umlauts

  1. The above example shows files located on a RemoteFS Asset Project (i.e. not a one2editFS Asset Project).
  2. The folder name contains characters with accents (i.e. the folder name is: Pröjéct Pâth ).
  3. The folder has a subfolder named: Document fonts.

When I try to link the INDD file as a project, I will get an error.

To resolve this, remove the accented characters from the folder name.

NOTE: Changing the name of the folder will also change the path to all items within that folder.




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