Upload button should restore zipped symlinks

[itcarroll]

The Upload button in the Files pane allows users to upload ZIP files, and it automatically decompresses the file. A ZIP file can contain a symbolic link, for example if the ZIP was created with the linux zip utility with the --symlinks argument. The parallel unzip utility can restore them, but RStudio appears to use its own implementation of unzip that does not do this. I suggest the Upload button be configurable, either by the server admin or user, so it can point to the linux unzip utility. Essentially, allow it to invoke unzip(..., unzip = '/usr/bin/unzip') rather than unzip(..., unzip = 'internal'). Perhaps the choice should simply reflect the R_UNZIPCMD env variable?

I am submitting this enhancement request as directed by an RStudio employee in the community forum.

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