# Error copying static files: decorate: EvalSymlinks: too many links

**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065
**Category:** support
**Created:** [June 5, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065 "2020-06-05T13:03:22Z")
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### Author: ![ardianta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/ardianta/32/19629_2.png) [@ardianta](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/ardianta)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065/1 "2020-06-05T13:03:22Z")

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Hello, I got this error after upgrade (Hugo 0.62) to Hugo 72.

```auto
> hugo version
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.72.0-8A7EF3CF linux/amd64 BuildDate: 2020-05-31T12:07:45Z

```

I can’t run the server and build site:

```auto
> hugo server --debug
INFO 2020/06/05 19:20:18 No translation bundle found for default language "en"
INFO 2020/06/05 19:20:18 Translation func for language en not found, use default.
INFO 2020/06/05 19:20:18 i18n not initialized; if you need string translations, check that you have a bundle in /i18n that matches the site language or the default language.
INFO 2020/06/05 19:20:18 Using config file: 
Building sites … INFO 2020/06/05 19:20:18 syncing static files to /
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 creating alias: /project redirecting to http://localhost:1313/works/
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 creating alias: /blog/lombok-phonegrapy-3/ redirecting to http://localhost:1313/blog/lombok-phonegraphy-3/
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 found menu: "main", in site config
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 found menu: "main", in site config
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 found menu: "main", in site config
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 found menu: "main", in site config
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 found menu: "main", in site config
DEBUG 2020/06/05 19:20:18 Render XML for "sitemap" to "/sitemap.xml"
Built in 257 ms
Error: Error copying static files: decorate: EvalSymlinks: too many links

```

Here my site: [https://github.com/ardianta/blog](https://github.com/ardianta/blog)

But, when I tested with another site… It’s worked.

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### Author: ![bep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/bep/32/3332_2.png) [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065/2 "2020-06-05T13:15:30Z")

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You have a symbolic link inside /static/img that looks like a loop.

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### Author: ![ardianta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/ardianta/32/19629_2.png) [@ardianta](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/ardianta)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065/3 "2020-06-05T13:25:20Z")

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Hi @bep thank you for the response.

Sorry, I forget to check the symbolic link inside `/static/img`. Now it worked after I delete it. 😃

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### Author: ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/error-copying-static-files-decorate-evalsymlinks-too-many-links/26065/4 "2020-06-07T13:25:26Z")

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