Description: Follow_links
--- a/src/ParsEval/pe_options.c
+++ b/src/ParsEval/pe_options.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
     }
 
     char copy_cmd[1024];
-    sprintf(copy_cmd,"cp -r %s/* %s", options->data_path, options->outfilename);
+    sprintf(copy_cmd,"cp -LR %s/* %s", options->data_path, options->outfilename);
     if(options->debug)
       fprintf(stderr, "debug: copying shared data: '%s'\n", copy_cmd);
     if(system(copy_cmd) != 0)
