diff -r 35607c973cf5 -r 8d73bff730a7 src/FilesystemCommand.h
--- a/src/FilesystemCommand.h	Wed Jan 16 18:01:49 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/FilesystemCommand.h	Wed Jan 16 18:16:07 2019 +0100
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@
 			for (RequestedField field : configuration.fields) {
 				AttributeFinder* finder = attributeFinders[field.group]; // should not be nullptr, because already checked while writing the relation metadata
 
+				// TODO: links to non-existent files are currently treated as non-existent files → we still can return the type and symlink_target values
 				if (exists || (field.group == RequestedField::GROUP_FILE && field.name == FileAttributeFinder::FIELD_PATH_ORIGINAL)) {
 					finder->writeField(writer.get(), field);
 				} else {
 					finder->writeEmptyField(writer.get(), field);
 				}
 			}
-			
+
 			for (auto& finder : attributeFinders) finder.second->endFile();
 		}
 	}