diff --git a/C/7zVersion.h b/C/7zVersion.h
index 72733f7..b6142e9 100644
--- a/C/7zVersion.h
+++ b/C/7zVersion.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define MY_VER_MAJOR 25
-#define MY_VER_MINOR 0
+#define MY_VER_MINOR 1
 #define MY_VER_BUILD 0
-#define MY_VERSION_NUMBERS "25.00"
+#define MY_VERSION_NUMBERS "25.01"
 #define MY_VERSION MY_VERSION_NUMBERS
 
 #ifdef MY_CPU_NAME
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   #define MY_VERSION_CPU MY_VERSION
 #endif
 
-#define MY_DATE "2025-07-05"
+#define MY_DATE "2025-08-03"
 #undef MY_COPYRIGHT
 #undef MY_VERSION_COPYRIGHT_DATE
 #define MY_AUTHOR_NAME "Igor Pavlov"
diff --git a/C/LzFind.c b/C/LzFind.c
index 6aba919..330bc17 100644
--- a/C/LzFind.c
+++ b/C/LzFind.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ void MatchFinder_Init(void *_p)
 
 #ifdef MY_CPU_X86_OR_AMD64
   #if defined(__clang__) && (__clang_major__ >= 4) \
-    || defined(Z7_GCC_VERSION) && (Z7_GCC_VERSION >= 40701)
+    || defined(Z7_GCC_VERSION) && (Z7_GCC_VERSION >= 40900)
     // || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) && (__INTEL_COMPILER >= 1900)
 
       #define USE_LZFIND_SATUR_SUB_128
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/Bundles/Alone/Alone.dsp b/CPP/7zip/Bundles/Alone/Alone.dsp
index beed5a7..558c41e 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/Bundles/Alone/Alone.dsp
+++ b/CPP/7zip/Bundles/Alone/Alone.dsp
@@ -1148,26 +1148,6 @@ SOURCE=..\..\Compress\PpmdZip.cpp
 SOURCE=..\..\Compress\PpmdZip.h
 # End Source File
 # End Group
-# Begin Group "RangeCoder"
-
-# PROP Default_Filter ""
-# Begin Source File
-
-SOURCE=..\..\Compress\RangeCoder.h
-# End Source File
-# Begin Source File
-
-SOURCE=..\..\Compress\RangeCoderBit.h
-# End Source File
-# Begin Source File
-
-SOURCE=..\..\Compress\RangeCoderBitTree.h
-# End Source File
-# Begin Source File
-
-SOURCE=..\..\Compress\RangeCoderOpt.h
-# End Source File
-# End Group
 # Begin Group "Shrink"
 
 # PROP Default_Filter ""
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/Compress/BZip2Encoder.cpp b/CPP/7zip/Compress/BZip2Encoder.cpp
index f8ee0c9..af0b312 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/Compress/BZip2Encoder.cpp
+++ b/CPP/7zip/Compress/BZip2Encoder.cpp
@@ -66,18 +66,14 @@ HRESULT CThreadInfo::Create()
   if (wres == 0) { wres = CanWriteEvent.Create();
   if (wres == 0)
   {
+    wres =
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    if (Encoder->_props.NumThreadGroups != 0)
-    {
-       const UInt32 group = ThreadNextGroup_GetNext(&Encoder->ThreadNextGroup);
-      wres = Thread.Create_With_Group(MFThread, this, group, 0); // affinity
-    }
-    else
+      Encoder->_props.NumThreadGroups > 1 ?
+        Thread.Create_With_Group(MFThread, this, ThreadNextGroup_GetNext(&Encoder->ThreadNextGroup), 0) : // affinity
 #endif
-    if (Encoder->_props.Affinity != 0)
-      wres = Thread.Create_With_Affinity(MFThread, this, (CAffinityMask)Encoder->_props.Affinity);
-    else
-      wres = Thread.Create(MFThread, this);
+      Encoder->_props.Affinity != 0 ?
+        Thread.Create_With_Affinity(MFThread, this, (CAffinityMask)Encoder->_props.Affinity) :
+        Thread.Create(MFThread, this);
   }}}
   return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(wres);
 }
@@ -935,14 +931,13 @@ void CEncoder::WriteBytes(const Byte *data, UInt32 sizeInBits, unsigned lastByte
 HRESULT CEncoder::CodeReal(ISequentialInStream *inStream, ISequentialOutStream *outStream,
     const UInt64 * /* inSize */, const UInt64 * /* outSize */, ICompressProgressInfo *progress)
 {
-  ThreadNextGroup_Init(&ThreadNextGroup, _props.NumThreadGroups, 0); // startGroup
-
   NumBlocks = 0;
-  #ifndef Z7_ST
+#ifndef Z7_ST
   Progress = progress;
+  ThreadNextGroup_Init(&ThreadNextGroup, _props.NumThreadGroups, 0); // startGroup
   RINOK(Create())
   for (UInt32 t = 0; t < NumThreads; t++)
-  #endif
+#endif
   {
     #ifndef Z7_ST
     CThreadInfo &ti = ThreadsInfo[t];
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/UI/Agent/AgentProxy.cpp b/CPP/7zip/UI/Agent/AgentProxy.cpp
index 176f39b..d04ddab 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/UI/Agent/AgentProxy.cpp
+++ b/CPP/7zip/UI/Agent/AgentProxy.cpp
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ HRESULT CProxyArc2::Load(const CArc &arc, IProgress *progress)
       file.Name = (const wchar_t *)p;
       file.NameLen = 0;
       if (size >= sizeof(wchar_t))
-        file.NameLen = size / sizeof(wchar_t) - 1;
+        file.NameLen = size / (unsigned)sizeof(wchar_t) - 1;
     }
     else
     #endif
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/UI/Client7z/makefile.gcc b/CPP/7zip/UI/Client7z/makefile.gcc
index fe27011..0f89cb0 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/UI/Client7z/makefile.gcc
+++ b/CPP/7zip/UI/Client7z/makefile.gcc
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ else
 
 SYS_OBJS = \
   $O/MyWindows.o \
-  $O/TimeUtils.o \
 
 endif
 
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ WIN_OBJS = \
   $O/FileName.o \
   $O/PropVariant.o \
   $O/PropVariantConv.o \
+  $O/TimeUtils.o \
 
 7ZIP_COMMON_OBJS = \
   $O/FileStreams.o \
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveCommandLine.cpp b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveCommandLine.cpp
index de9f43e..7fe18fb 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveCommandLine.cpp
+++ b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveCommandLine.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static const CSwitchForm kSwitchForms[] =
   { "spf", SWFRM_STRING_SINGL(0) },
   
   { "snh", SWFRM_MINUS },
-  { "snld", SWFRM_MINUS },
+  { "snld", SWFRM_STRING },
   { "snl", SWFRM_MINUS },
   { "sni", SWFRM_SIMPLE },
 
@@ -1479,14 +1479,8 @@ void CArcCmdLineParser::Parse2(CArcCmdLineOptions &options)
   
   SetBoolPair(parser, NKey::kStoreOwnerId, options.StoreOwnerId);
   SetBoolPair(parser, NKey::kStoreOwnerName, options.StoreOwnerName);
-
-  CBoolPair symLinks_AllowDangerous;
-  SetBoolPair(parser, NKey::kSymLinks_AllowDangerous, symLinks_AllowDangerous);
-  
-
   /*
   bool supportSymLink = options.SymLinks.Val;
-  
   if (!options.SymLinks.Def)
   {
     if (isExtractOrList)
@@ -1494,7 +1488,6 @@ void CArcCmdLineParser::Parse2(CArcCmdLineOptions &options)
     else
       supportSymLink = false;
   }
-
   #ifdef ENV_HAVE_LSTAT
   if (supportSymLink)
     global_use_lstat = 1;
@@ -1503,7 +1496,6 @@ void CArcCmdLineParser::Parse2(CArcCmdLineOptions &options)
   #endif
   */
 
-
   if (isExtractOrList)
   {
     CExtractOptionsBase &eo = options.ExtractOptions;
@@ -1527,7 +1519,15 @@ void CArcCmdLineParser::Parse2(CArcCmdLineOptions &options)
       if (!options.SymLinks.Def)
         nt.SymLinks.Val = true;
 
-      nt.SymLinks_AllowDangerous = symLinks_AllowDangerous;
+      if (parser[NKey::kSymLinks_AllowDangerous].ThereIs)
+      {
+        const UString &s = parser[NKey::kSymLinks_AllowDangerous].PostStrings[0];
+        UInt32 v = 9; // default value for "-snld" instead of default = 5 without "-snld".
+        if (!s.IsEmpty())
+          if (!StringToUInt32(s, v))
+            throw CArcCmdLineException("Unsupported switch postfix -snld", s);
+        nt.SymLinks_DangerousLevel = (unsigned)v;
+      }
 
       nt.ReplaceColonForAltStream = parser[NKey::kReplaceColonForAltStream].ThereIs;
       nt.WriteToAltStreamIfColon = parser[NKey::kWriteToAltStreamIfColon].ThereIs;
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.cpp b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.cpp
index 3abcd2d..6631629 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.cpp
+++ b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.cpp
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ static const char * const kCantSetFileLen = "Cannot set length for output file";
 #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
 static const char * const kCantCreateHardLink = "Cannot create hard link";
 static const char * const kCantCreateSymLink = "Cannot create symbolic link";
+static const char * const k_HardLink_to_SymLink_Ignored = "Hard link to symbolic link was ignored";
+static const char * const k_CantDelete_File_for_SymLink = "Cannot delete file for symbolic link creation";
+static const char * const k_CantDelete_Dir_for_SymLink = "Cannot delete directory for symbolic link creation";
 #endif
 
 static const unsigned k_LinkDataSize_LIMIT = 1 << 12;
 
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
 #if WCHAR_PATH_SEPARATOR != L'/'
   // we convert linux slashes to windows slashes for further processing.
   // also we convert linux backslashes to BackslashReplacement character.
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ static const unsigned k_LinkDataSize_LIMIT = 1 << 12;
 #else
   #define REPLACE_SLASHES_from_Linux_to_Sys(s)
 #endif
-
+#endif
 
 #ifndef Z7_SFX
 
@@ -326,13 +330,14 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::Init(
   _outFileStream.Release();
   _bufPtrSeqOutStream.Release();
   
-  #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
   _hardLinks.Clear();
-  #endif
+  _postLinks.Clear();
+#endif
 
-  #ifdef SUPPORT_ALT_STREAMS
+#ifdef SUPPORT_ALT_STREAMS
   _renamedFiles.Clear();
-  #endif
+#endif
 
   _ntOptions = ntOptions;
   _wildcardCensor = wildcardCensor;
@@ -455,7 +460,8 @@ Z7_COM7F_IMF(CArchiveExtractCallback::SetRatioInfo(const UInt64 *inSize, const U
 }
 
 
-void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateComplexDirectory(const UStringVector &dirPathParts, FString &fullPath)
+void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateComplexDirectory(
+    const UStringVector &dirPathParts, bool isFinal, FString &fullPath)
 {
   // we use (_item.IsDir) in this function
 
@@ -487,7 +493,7 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateComplexDirectory(const UStringVector &dirPat
     const UString &s = dirPathParts[i];
     fullPath += us2fs(s);
 
-    const bool isFinalDir = (i == dirPathParts.Size() - 1 && _item.IsDir);
+    const bool isFinalDir = (i == dirPathParts.Size() - 1 && isFinal && _item.IsDir);
     
     if (fullPath.IsEmpty())
     {
@@ -548,7 +554,7 @@ static void AddPathToMessage(UString &s, const FString &path)
   s += fs2us(path);
 }
 
-HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError(const char *message, const FString &path)
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError(const char *message, const FString &path) const
 {
   UString s (message);
   AddPathToMessage(s, path);
@@ -556,7 +562,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError(const char *message, const FSt
 }
 
 
-HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError_with_Error(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path)
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError_with_Error(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path) const
 {
   UString s (message);
   if (errorCode != S_OK)
@@ -568,13 +574,13 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError_with_Error(HRESULT errorCode,
   return _extractCallback2->MessageError(s);
 }
 
-HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path)
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path) const
 {
   const HRESULT errorCode = GetLastError_noZero_HRESULT();
   return SendMessageError_with_Error(errorCode, message, path);
 }
 
-HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError2(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2)
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError2(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2) const
 {
   UString s (message);
   if (errorCode != 0)
@@ -588,7 +594,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError2(HRESULT errorCode, const char
 }
 
 HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SendMessageError2_with_LastError(
-    const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2)
+    const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2) const
 {
   const HRESULT errorCode = GetLastError_noZero_HRESULT();
   return SendMessageError2(errorCode, message, path1, path2);
@@ -627,6 +633,7 @@ Z7_COM7F_IMF(CGetProp::GetProp(PROPID propID, PROPVARIANT *value))
 struct CLinkLevelsInfo
 {
   bool IsAbsolute;
+  bool ParentDirDots_after_NonParent;
   int LowLevel;
   int FinalLevel;
 
@@ -640,6 +647,8 @@ void CLinkLevelsInfo::Parse(const UString &path, bool isWSL)
       NName::IsAbsolutePath(path);
   LowLevel = 0;
   FinalLevel = 0;
+  ParentDirDots_after_NonParent = false;
+  bool nonParentDir = false;
 
   UStringVector parts;
   SplitPathToParts(path, parts);
@@ -658,12 +667,17 @@ void CLinkLevelsInfo::Parse(const UString &path, bool isWSL)
       continue;
     if (s.IsEqualTo(".."))
     {
+      if (IsAbsolute || nonParentDir)
+        ParentDirDots_after_NonParent = true;
       level--;
       if (LowLevel > level)
-        LowLevel = level;
+          LowLevel = level;
     }
     else
+    {
+      nonParentDir = true;
       level++;
+    }
   }
   
   FinalLevel = level;
@@ -915,7 +929,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::ReadLink()
 #ifndef _WIN32
 
 static HRESULT GetOwner(IInArchive *archive,
-    UInt32 index, UInt32 pidName, UInt32 pidId, COwnerInfo &res)
+    UInt32 index, UInt32 pidName, UInt32 pidId, CProcessedFileInfo::COwnerInfo &res)
 {
   {
     NWindows::NCOM::CPropVariant prop;
@@ -1047,7 +1061,7 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CorrectPathParts()
 }
 
 
-void CArchiveExtractCallback::GetFiTimesCAM(CFiTimesCAM &pt)
+static void GetFiTimesCAM(const CProcessedFileInfo &fi, CFiTimesCAM &pt, const CArc &arc)
 {
   pt.CTime_Defined = false;
   pt.ATime_Defined = false;
@@ -1055,27 +1069,27 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::GetFiTimesCAM(CFiTimesCAM &pt)
 
   // if (Write_MTime)
   {
-    if (_fi.MTime.Def)
+    if (fi.MTime.Def)
     {
-      _fi.MTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.MTime);
+      fi.MTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.MTime);
       pt.MTime_Defined = true;
     }
-    else if (_arc->MTime.Def)
+    else if (arc.MTime.Def)
     {
-      _arc->MTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.MTime);
+      arc.MTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.MTime);
       pt.MTime_Defined = true;
     }
   }
 
-  if (/* Write_CTime && */ _fi.CTime.Def)
+  if (/* Write_CTime && */ fi.CTime.Def)
   {
-    _fi.CTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.CTime);
+    fi.CTime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.CTime);
     pt.CTime_Defined = true;
   }
 
-  if (/* Write_ATime && */ _fi.ATime.Def)
+  if (/* Write_ATime && */ fi.ATime.Def)
   {
-    _fi.ATime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.ATime);
+    fi.ATime.Write_To_FiTime(pt.ATime);
     pt.ATime_Defined = true;
   }
 }
@@ -1086,6 +1100,7 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateFolders()
   // 21.04 : we don't change original (_item.PathParts) here
   UStringVector pathParts = _item.PathParts;
 
+  bool isFinal = true;
   // bool is_DirOp = false;
   if (!pathParts.IsEmpty())
   {
@@ -1095,12 +1110,15 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateFolders()
                  but if we create dir item here, it's not problem. */
     if (!_item.IsDir
         #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
-        #ifndef WIN32
+        // #ifndef WIN32
           || !_link.LinkPath.IsEmpty()
-        #endif
+        // #endif
         #endif
        )
+    {
       pathParts.DeleteBack();
+      isFinal = false; // last path part was excluded
+    }
     // else is_DirOp = true;
   }
     
@@ -1124,7 +1142,7 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateFolders()
   */
 
   FString fullPathNew;
-  CreateComplexDirectory(pathParts, fullPathNew);
+  CreateComplexDirectory(pathParts, isFinal, fullPathNew);
 
   /*
   if (is_DirOp)
@@ -1145,12 +1163,12 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateFolders()
     return;
 
   CDirPathTime pt;
-  GetFiTimesCAM(pt);
+  GetFiTimesCAM(_fi, pt, *_arc);
  
   if (pt.IsSomeTimeDefined())
   {
     pt.Path = fullPathNew;
-    pt.SetDirTime();
+    pt.SetDirTime_to_FS_2();
     _extractedFolders.Add(pt);
   }
 }
@@ -1292,9 +1310,11 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CheckExistFile(FString &fullProcessedPath, bool
 
 
 
-
-
-
+/*
+return:
+  needExit = false: caller will     use (outStreamLoc) and _hashStreamSpec
+  needExit = true : caller will not use (outStreamLoc) and _hashStreamSpec.
+*/
 HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::GetExtractStream(CMyComPtr<ISequentialOutStream> &outStreamLoc, bool &needExit)
 {
   needExit = true;
@@ -1383,12 +1403,15 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::GetExtractStream(CMyComPtr<ISequentialOutStream
     {
       bool linkWasSet = false;
       RINOK(SetLink(fullProcessedPath, _link, linkWasSet))
+/*
+      // we don't set attributes for placeholder.
       if (linkWasSet)
       {
         _isSymLinkCreated = _link.Is_AnySymLink();
         SetAttrib();
         // printf("\nlinkWasSet %s\n", GetAnsiString(_diskFilePath));
       }
+*/
     }
     #endif // UNDER_CE
 
@@ -1414,11 +1437,17 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::GetExtractStream(CMyComPtr<ISequentialOutStream
           hl = fullProcessedPath;
         else
         {
-          if (!MyCreateHardLink(fullProcessedPath, hl))
-            return SendMessageError2_with_LastError(kCantCreateHardLink, fullProcessedPath, hl);
+          bool link_was_Created = false;
+          RINOK(CreateHardLink2(fullProcessedPath, hl, link_was_Created))
+          if (!link_was_Created)
+            return S_OK;
           // printf("\nHard linkWasSet Archive_Get_HardLinkNode %s\n", GetAnsiString(_diskFilePath));
           // _needSetAttrib = true; // do we need to set attribute ?
           SetAttrib();
+          /* if we set (needExit = false) here, _hashStreamSpec will be used,
+             and hash will be calulated for all hard links files (it's slower).
+             But "Test" operation also calculates hashes.
+          */
           needExit = false;
           return S_OK;
         }
@@ -1943,7 +1972,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseFile()
  #endif
 
   CFiTimesCAM t;
-  GetFiTimesCAM(t);
+  GetFiTimesCAM(_fi, t, *_arc);
 
   // #ifdef _WIN32
   if (t.IsSomeTimeDefined())
@@ -1970,52 +1999,219 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseFile()
 
 #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
 
+static bool CheckLinkPath_in_FS_for_pathParts(const FString &path, const UStringVector &v)
+{
+  FString path2 = path;
+  FOR_VECTOR (i, v)
+  {
+    // if (i == v.Size() - 1) path = path2; // we don't need last part in returned path
+    path2 += us2fs(v[i]);
+    NFind::CFileInfo fi;
+    // printf("\nCheckLinkPath_in_FS_for_pathParts(): %s\n", GetOemString(path2).Ptr());
+    if (fi.Find(path2) && fi.IsOsSymLink())
+      return false;
+    path2.Add_PathSepar();
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 /*
-in:
-  link.LinkPath : must be relative (non-absolute) path in any case !!!
-  link.isRelative / target path that must stored as created link:
-           == false   / _dirPathPrefix_Full + link.LinkPath
-           == true    / link.LinkPath
+link.isRelative / relative_item_PathPrefix
+   false        / empty
+   true         / item path without last part
 */
+static bool CheckLinkPath_in_FS(
+    const FString &pathPrefix_in_FS,
+    const CPostLink &postLink,
+    const UString &relative_item_PathPrefix)
+{
+  const CLinkInfo &link = postLink.LinkInfo;
+  if (postLink.item_PathParts.IsEmpty() || link.LinkPath.IsEmpty())
+    return false;
+  FString path;
+  {
+    const UString &s = postLink.item_PathParts[0];
+    if (!s.IsEmpty() && !NName::IsAbsolutePath(s))
+      path = pathPrefix_in_FS; // item_PathParts is relative. So we use absolutre prefix
+  }
+  if (!CheckLinkPath_in_FS_for_pathParts(path, postLink.item_PathParts))
+    return false;
+  path += us2fs(relative_item_PathPrefix);
+  UStringVector v;
+  SplitPathToParts(link.LinkPath, v);
+  // we check target paths:
+  return CheckLinkPath_in_FS_for_pathParts(path, v);
+}
+
+static const unsigned k_DangLevel_MAX_for_Link_over_Link = 9;
+
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CreateHardLink2(
+    const FString &newFilePath, const FString &existFilePath, bool &link_was_Created) const
+{
+  link_was_Created = false;
+  if (_ntOptions.SymLinks_DangerousLevel <= k_DangLevel_MAX_for_Link_over_Link)
+  {
+    NFind::CFileInfo fi;
+    if (fi.Find(existFilePath) && fi.IsOsSymLink())
+      return SendMessageError2(0, k_HardLink_to_SymLink_Ignored, newFilePath, existFilePath);
+  }
+  if (!MyCreateHardLink(newFilePath, existFilePath))
+    return SendMessageError2_with_LastError(kCantCreateHardLink, newFilePath, existFilePath);
+  link_was_Created = true;
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+
 
 HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
     const FString &fullProcessedPath_from,
     const CLinkInfo &link,
-    bool &linkWasSet)
+    bool &linkWasSet) // placeholder was created
 {
   linkWasSet = false;
   if (link.LinkPath.IsEmpty())
     return S_OK;
   if (!_ntOptions.SymLinks.Val && link.Is_AnySymLink())
     return S_OK;
+  CPostLink postLink;
+  postLink.Index_in_Arc = _index;
+  postLink.item_IsDir = _item.IsDir;
+  postLink.item_Path = _item.Path;
+  postLink.item_PathParts = _item.PathParts;
+  postLink.item_FileInfo = _fi;
+  postLink.fullProcessedPath_from = fullProcessedPath_from;
+  postLink.LinkInfo = link;
+  _postLinks.Add(postLink);
+  
+  // file doesn't exist in most cases. So we don't check for error.
+  DeleteLinkFileAlways_or_RemoveEmptyDir(fullProcessedPath_from, false); // checkThatFileIsEmpty = false
+
+  NIO::COutFile outFile;
+  if (!outFile.Create_NEW(fullProcessedPath_from))
+    return SendMessageError("Cannot create temporary link file", fullProcessedPath_from);
+#if 0 // 1 for debug
+  // here we can write link path to temporary link file placeholder,
+  // but empty placeholder is better, because we don't want to get any non-eampty data instead of link file.
+  AString s;
+  ConvertUnicodeToUTF8(link.LinkPath, s);
+  outFile.WriteFull(s, s.Len());
+#endif
+  linkWasSet = true;
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+
+// if file/dir is symbolic link it will remove only link itself
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::DeleteLinkFileAlways_or_RemoveEmptyDir(
+    const FString &path, bool checkThatFileIsEmpty) const
+{
+  NFile::NFind::CFileInfo fi;
+  if (fi.Find(path)) // followLink = false
   {
-    UString path;
-    if (link.isRelative)
+    if (fi.IsDir())
     {
-      // _item.PathParts : parts that will be created in output folder.
-      // we want to get directory prefix of link item.
-      // so we remove file name (last non-empty part) from PathParts:
-      UStringVector v = _item.PathParts;
-      while (!v.IsEmpty())
-      {
-        const unsigned len = v.Back().Len();
-        v.DeleteBack();
-        if (len)
-          break;
-      }
-      path = MakePathFromParts(v);
-      NName::NormalizeDirPathPrefix(path);
+      if (RemoveDirAlways_if_Empty(path))
+        return S_OK;
     }
-    path += link.LinkPath;
+    else
+    {
+      // link file placeholder must be empty
+      if (checkThatFileIsEmpty && !fi.IsOsSymLink() && fi.Size != 0)
+        return SendMessageError("Temporary link file is not empty", path);
+      if (DeleteFileAlways(path))
+        return S_OK;
+    }
+    if (GetLastError() != ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
+      return SendMessageError_with_LastError(
+          fi.IsDir() ?
+            k_CantDelete_Dir_for_SymLink:
+            k_CantDelete_File_for_SymLink,
+          path);
+  }
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+
+/*
+in:
+  link.LinkPath : must be relative (non-absolute) path in any case !!!
+  link.isRelative / target path that must stored as created link:
+       == false   / _dirPathPrefix_Full + link.LinkPath
+       == true    / link.LinkPath
+*/
+static HRESULT SetLink2(const CArchiveExtractCallback &callback,
+    const CPostLink &postLink, bool &linkWasSet)
+{
+  const CLinkInfo &link = postLink.LinkInfo;
+  const FString &fullProcessedPath_from = postLink.fullProcessedPath_from; // full file path in FS (fullProcessedPath_from)
+
+  const unsigned level = callback._ntOptions.SymLinks_DangerousLevel;
+  if (level < 20)
+  {
     /*
-    path is calculated virtual target path of link
-    path is relative to root folder of extracted items
-    if (!link.isRelative), then (path == link.LinkPath)
+    We want to use additional check for links that can link to directory.
+      - linux: all symbolic links are files.
+      - windows: we can have file/directory symbolic link,
+        but file symbolic link works like directory link in windows.
+    So we use additional check for all relative links.
+
+    We don't allow decreasing of final level of link.
+    So if some another extracted file will use this link,
+    then number of real path parts (after link redirection) cannot be
+    smaller than number of requested path parts from archive records.
+    
+    here we check only (link.LinkPath) without (_item.PathParts).
     */
-    if (!IsSafePath(path, link.Is_WSL()))
-      return SendMessageError2(0, // errorCode
-          "Dangerous link path was ignored",
-          us2fs(_item.Path), us2fs(link.LinkPath));
+    CLinkLevelsInfo li;
+    li.Parse(link.LinkPath, link.Is_WSL());
+    bool isDang;
+    UString relativePathPrefix;
+    if (li.IsAbsolute // unexpected
+        || li.ParentDirDots_after_NonParent
+        || (level <= 5 && link.isRelative && li.FinalLevel < 1) // final level lower
+        || (level <= 5 && link.isRelative && li.LowLevel < 0)   // negative temporary levels
+       )
+      isDang = true;
+    else // if (!isDang)
+    {
+      UString path;
+      if (link.isRelative)
+      {
+        // item_PathParts : parts that will be created in output folder.
+        // we want to get directory prefix of link item.
+        // so we remove file name (last non-empty part) from PathParts:
+        UStringVector v = postLink.item_PathParts;
+        while (!v.IsEmpty())
+        {
+          const unsigned len = v.Back().Len();
+          v.DeleteBack();
+          if (len)
+            break;
+        }
+        path = MakePathFromParts(v);
+        NName::NormalizeDirPathPrefix(path);
+        relativePathPrefix = path;
+      }
+      path += link.LinkPath;
+      /*
+      path is calculated virtual target path of link
+      path is relative to root folder of extracted items
+      if (!link.isRelative), then (path == link.LinkPath)
+      */
+      isDang = false;
+      if (!IsSafePath(path, link.Is_WSL()))
+        isDang = true;
+    }
+    const char *message = NULL;
+    if (isDang)
+      message = "Dangerous link path was ignored";
+    else if (level <= k_DangLevel_MAX_for_Link_over_Link
+        && !CheckLinkPath_in_FS(callback._dirPathPrefix_Full,
+            postLink, relativePathPrefix))
+      message = "Dangerous link via another link was ignored";
+    if (message)
+       return callback.SendMessageError2(0, // errorCode
+            message, us2fs(postLink.item_Path), us2fs(link.LinkPath));
   }
 
   FString target; // target path that will be stored to link field
@@ -2025,8 +2221,8 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
     // all hard links and absolute symbolic links
     // relatPath == link.LinkPath
     // we get absolute link path for target:
-    if (!NName::GetFullPath(_dirPathPrefix_Full, us2fs(link.LinkPath), target))
-      return SendMessageError("Incorrect link path", us2fs(link.LinkPath));
+    if (!NName::GetFullPath(callback._dirPathPrefix_Full, us2fs(link.LinkPath), target))
+      return callback.SendMessageError("Incorrect link path", us2fs(link.LinkPath));
     // (target) is (_dirPathPrefix_Full + relatPath)
   }
   else
@@ -2036,21 +2232,24 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
     target = us2fs(link.LinkPath);
   }
   if (target.IsEmpty())
-    return SendMessageError("Empty link", fullProcessedPath_from);
+    return callback.SendMessageError("Empty link", fullProcessedPath_from);
 
   if (link.Is_HardLink() /* || link.IsCopyLink */)
   {
     // if (link.isHardLink)
     {
-      if (!MyCreateHardLink(fullProcessedPath_from, target))
-        return SendMessageError2_with_LastError(kCantCreateHardLink, fullProcessedPath_from, target);
+      RINOK(callback.DeleteLinkFileAlways_or_RemoveEmptyDir(fullProcessedPath_from, true)) // checkThatFileIsEmpty
+      {
+        // RINOK(SendMessageError_with_LastError(k_Cant_DeleteTempLinkFile, fullProcessedPath_from))
+      }
+      return callback.CreateHardLink2(fullProcessedPath_from, target, linkWasSet);
       /*
       RINOK(PrepareOperation(NArchive::NExtract::NAskMode::kExtract))
       _op_WasReported = true;
       RINOK(SetOperationResult(NArchive::NExtract::NOperationResult::kOK))
-      */
       linkWasSet = true;
       return S_OK;
+      */
     }
     /*
     // IsCopyLink
@@ -2086,36 +2285,10 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
   */
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-  const bool isDir = (_item.IsDir || link.LinkType == k_LinkType_Junction);
+  const bool isDir = (postLink.item_IsDir || link.LinkType == k_LinkType_Junction);
 #endif
 
-  if (!_ntOptions.SymLinks_AllowDangerous.Val && link.isRelative)
-  {
-    /*
-    We want to use additional check for links that can link to directory.
-      - linux: all symbolic links are files.
-      - windows: we can have file/directory symbolic link,
-        but file symbolic link works like directory link in windows.
-    So we use additional check for all relative links.
-
-    We don't allow decreasing of final level of link.
-    So if some another extracted file will use this link,
-    then number of real path parts (after link redirection) cannot be
-    smaller than number of requested path parts from archive records.
-    
-    Now we check only (link.LinkPath) without (_item.PathParts).
-    */
-    CLinkLevelsInfo levelsInfo;
-    levelsInfo.Parse(link.LinkPath, link.Is_WSL());
-    if (levelsInfo.FinalLevel < 1
-      // || levelsInfo.LowLevel < 0 // we allow negative temporary levels
-        || levelsInfo.IsAbsolute)
-      return SendMessageError2(0, // errorCode
-          "Dangerous symbolic link path was ignored",
-          us2fs(_item.Path), us2fs(link.LinkPath));
-  }
-
-  
+ 
 #ifdef _WIN32
   CByteBuffer data;
   // printf("\nFillLinkData(): %s\n", GetOemString(target).Ptr());
@@ -2127,7 +2300,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
   else
     FillLinkData_WinLink(data, fs2us(target), link.LinkType != k_LinkType_Junction);
   if (data.Size() == 0)
-    return SendMessageError("Cannot fill link data", us2fs(_item.Path));
+    return callback.SendMessageError("Cannot fill link data", us2fs(postLink.item_Path));
   /*
   if (NtReparse_Size != data.Size() || memcmp(NtReparse_Data, data, data.Size()) != 0)
     SendMessageError("reconstructed Reparse is different", fs2us(target));
@@ -2136,14 +2309,18 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetLink(
     // we check that reparse data is correct, but we ignore attr.MinorError.
     CReparseAttr attr;
     if (!attr.Parse(data, data.Size()))
-      return SendMessageError("Internal error for symbolic link file", us2fs(_item.Path));
+      return callback.SendMessageError("Internal error for symbolic link file", us2fs(postLink.item_Path));
   }
+#endif
+
+  RINOK(callback.DeleteLinkFileAlways_or_RemoveEmptyDir(fullProcessedPath_from, true)) // checkThatFileIsEmpty
+#ifdef _WIN32
   if (!NFile::NIO::SetReparseData(fullProcessedPath_from, isDir, data, (DWORD)data.Size()))
 #else // ! _WIN32
   if (!NFile::NIO::SetSymLink(fullProcessedPath_from, target))
 #endif // ! _WIN32
   {
-    return SendMessageError_with_LastError(kCantCreateSymLink, fullProcessedPath_from);
+    return callback.SendMessageError_with_LastError(kCantCreateSymLink, fullProcessedPath_from);
   }
   linkWasSet = true;
   return S_OK;
@@ -2392,6 +2569,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseReparseAndFile()
     _curSize_Defined = true;
     if (needSetReparse)
     {
+      // empty file was created so we must delete it.
       // in Linux   : we must delete empty file before symbolic link creation
       // in Windows : we can create symbolic link even without file deleting
       if (!DeleteFileAlways(_diskFilePath))
@@ -2404,9 +2582,12 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseReparseAndFile()
         // link.isJunction = true; // for debug
         link.Normalize_to_RelativeSafe(_removePathParts);
         RINOK(SetLink(_diskFilePath, link, linkWasSet))
+/*
+        // we don't set attributes for placeholder.
         if (linkWasSet)
           _isSymLinkCreated = true; // link.IsSymLink();
         else
+*/
           _needSetAttrib = false;
       }
     }
@@ -2416,13 +2597,37 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseReparseAndFile()
 }
 
 
-void CArchiveExtractCallback::SetAttrib()
+static void SetAttrib_Base(const FString &path, const CProcessedFileInfo &fi,
+    const CArchiveExtractCallback &callback)
 {
- #ifndef _WIN32
+#ifndef _WIN32
+  if (fi.Owner.Id_Defined &&
+      fi.Group.Id_Defined)
+  {
+    if (my_chown(path, fi.Owner.Id, fi.Group.Id) != 0)
+      callback.SendMessageError_with_LastError("Cannot set owner", path);
+  }
+#endif
+
+  if (fi.Attrib_Defined)
+  {
+    // const AString s = GetAnsiString(_diskFilePath);
+    // printf("\nSetFileAttrib_PosixHighDetect: %s: hex:%x\n", s.Ptr(), _fi.Attrib);
+    if (!SetFileAttrib_PosixHighDetect(path, fi.Attrib))
+    {
+      // do we need error message here in Windows and in posix?
+      callback.SendMessageError_with_LastError("Cannot set file attribute", path);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void CArchiveExtractCallback::SetAttrib() const
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
   // Linux now doesn't support permissions for symlinks
   if (_isSymLinkCreated)
     return;
- #endif
+#endif
 
   if (_itemFailure
       || _diskFilePath.IsEmpty()
@@ -2430,31 +2635,41 @@ void CArchiveExtractCallback::SetAttrib()
       || !_extractMode)
     return;
 
- #ifndef _WIN32
-  if (_fi.Owner.Id_Defined &&
-      _fi.Group.Id_Defined)
-  {
-    if (my_chown(_diskFilePath, _fi.Owner.Id, _fi.Group.Id) != 0)
-    {
-      SendMessageError_with_LastError("Cannot set owner", _diskFilePath);
-    }
-  }
- #endif
-
-  if (_fi.Attrib_Defined)
-  {
-    // const AString s = GetAnsiString(_diskFilePath);
-    // printf("\nSetFileAttrib_PosixHighDetect: %s: hex:%x\n", s.Ptr(), _fi.Attrib);
-    bool res = SetFileAttrib_PosixHighDetect(_diskFilePath, _fi.Attrib);
-    if (!res)
-    {
-      // do we need error message here in Windows and in posix?
-      SendMessageError_with_LastError("Cannot set file attribute", _diskFilePath);
-    }
-  }
+  SetAttrib_Base(_diskFilePath, _fi, *this);
 }
 
 
+#ifdef Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetSecurityInfo(UInt32 indexInArc, const FString &path) const
+{
+  if (!_stdOutMode && _extractMode && _ntOptions.NtSecurity.Val && _arc->GetRawProps)
+  {
+    const void *data;
+    UInt32 dataSize;
+    UInt32 propType;
+    _arc->GetRawProps->GetRawProp(indexInArc, kpidNtSecure, &data, &dataSize, &propType);
+    if (dataSize != 0)
+    {
+      if (propType != NPropDataType::kRaw)
+        return E_FAIL;
+      if (CheckNtSecure((const Byte *)data, dataSize))
+      {
+        SECURITY_INFORMATION securInfo = DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION;
+        if (_saclEnabled)
+          securInfo |= SACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION;
+        // if (!
+        ::SetFileSecurityW(fs2us(path), securInfo, (PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR)(void *)(const Byte *)(data));
+        {
+          // RINOK(SendMessageError_with_LastError("SetFileSecurity FAILS", path))
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return S_OK;
+}
+#endif // Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
+
+
 Z7_COM7F_IMF(CArchiveExtractCallback::SetOperationResult(Int32 opRes))
 {
   COM_TRY_BEGIN
@@ -2490,27 +2705,9 @@ Z7_COM7F_IMF(CArchiveExtractCallback::SetOperationResult(Int32 opRes))
 
   RINOK(CloseReparseAndFile())
   
-  #ifdef Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
-  if (!_stdOutMode && _extractMode && _ntOptions.NtSecurity.Val && _arc->GetRawProps)
-  {
-    const void *data;
-    UInt32 dataSize;
-    UInt32 propType;
-    _arc->GetRawProps->GetRawProp(_index, kpidNtSecure, &data, &dataSize, &propType);
-    if (dataSize != 0)
-    {
-      if (propType != NPropDataType::kRaw)
-        return E_FAIL;
-      if (CheckNtSecure((const Byte *)data, dataSize))
-      {
-        SECURITY_INFORMATION securInfo = DACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION | GROUP_SECURITY_INFORMATION | OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION;
-        if (_saclEnabled)
-          securInfo |= SACL_SECURITY_INFORMATION;
-        ::SetFileSecurityW(fs2us(_diskFilePath), securInfo, (PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR)(void *)(const Byte *)(data));
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  #endif // Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
+#ifdef Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
+  RINOK(SetSecurityInfo(_index, _diskFilePath))
+#endif
 
   if (!_curSize_Defined)
     GetUnpackSize();
@@ -2754,15 +2951,58 @@ void CDirPathSortPair::SetNumSlashes(const FChar *s)
 }
 
 
-bool CDirPathTime::SetDirTime() const
+bool CFiTimesCAM::SetDirTime_to_FS(CFSTR path) const
 {
-  return NDir::SetDirTime(Path,
+  // it's same function for dir and for file
+  return NDir::SetDirTime(path,
       CTime_Defined ? &CTime : NULL,
       ATime_Defined ? &ATime : NULL,
       MTime_Defined ? &MTime : NULL);
 }
 
 
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+
+bool CFiTimesCAM::SetLinkFileTime_to_FS(CFSTR path) const
+{
+  // it's same function for dir and for file
+  return NDir::SetLinkFileTime(path,
+      CTime_Defined ? &CTime : NULL,
+      ATime_Defined ? &ATime : NULL,
+      MTime_Defined ? &MTime : NULL);
+}
+
+HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetPostLinks() const
+{
+  FOR_VECTOR (i, _postLinks)
+  {
+    const CPostLink &link = _postLinks[i];
+    bool linkWasSet = false;
+    RINOK(SetLink2(*this, link, linkWasSet))
+    if (linkWasSet)
+    {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+      //  Linux now doesn't support permissions for symlinks
+      SetAttrib_Base(link.fullProcessedPath_from, link.item_FileInfo, *this);
+#endif
+
+      CFiTimesCAM pt;
+      GetFiTimesCAM(link.item_FileInfo, pt, *_arc);
+      if (pt.IsSomeTimeDefined())
+        pt.SetLinkFileTime_to_FS(link.fullProcessedPath_from);
+
+#ifdef Z7_USE_SECURITY_CODE
+      // we set security information after timestamps setting
+      RINOK(SetSecurityInfo(link.Index_in_Arc, link.fullProcessedPath_from))
+#endif
+    }
+  }
+  return S_OK;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+
 HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetDirsTimes()
 {
   if (!_arc)
@@ -2786,7 +3026,7 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetDirsTimes()
   for (i = 0; i < pairs.Size(); i++)
   {
     const CDirPathTime &dpt = _extractedFolders[pairs[i].Index];
-    if (!dpt.SetDirTime())
+    if (!dpt.SetDirTime_to_FS_2())
     {
       // result = E_FAIL;
       // do we need error message here in Windows and in posix?
@@ -2818,10 +3058,20 @@ HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::SetDirsTimes()
 
 HRESULT CArchiveExtractCallback::CloseArc()
 {
+  // we call CloseReparseAndFile() here because we can have non-closed file in some cases?
   HRESULT res = CloseReparseAndFile();
-  const HRESULT res2 = SetDirsTimes();
-  if (res == S_OK)
-    res = res2;
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+  {
+    const HRESULT res2 = SetPostLinks();
+    if (res == S_OK)
+      res = res2;
+  }
+#endif
+  {
+    const HRESULT res2 = SetDirsTimes();
+    if (res == S_OK)
+      res = res2;
+  }
   _arc = NULL;
   return res;
 }
diff --git a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.h b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.h
index 71fa3ef..3c62763 100644
--- a/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.h
+++ b/CPP/7zip/UI/Common/ArchiveExtractCallback.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ struct CExtractNtOptions
 {
   CBoolPair NtSecurity;
   CBoolPair SymLinks;
-  CBoolPair SymLinks_AllowDangerous;
   CBoolPair HardLinks;
   CBoolPair AltStreams;
   bool ReplaceColonForAltStream;
@@ -66,6 +65,8 @@ struct CExtractNtOptions
   bool PreserveATime;
   bool OpenShareForWrite;
 
+  unsigned SymLinks_DangerousLevel;
+
   UInt64 MemLimit;
 
   CExtractNtOptions():
@@ -74,10 +75,10 @@ struct CExtractNtOptions
       ExtractOwner(false),
       PreserveATime(false),
       OpenShareForWrite(false),
+      SymLinks_DangerousLevel(5),
       MemLimit((UInt64)(Int64)-1)
   {
     SymLinks.Val = true;
-    SymLinks_AllowDangerous.Val = false;
     HardLinks.Val = true;
     AltStreams.Val = true;
 
@@ -166,19 +167,22 @@ struct CFiTimesCAM
       ATime_Defined |
       MTime_Defined;
   }
+  bool SetDirTime_to_FS(CFSTR path) const;
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+  bool SetLinkFileTime_to_FS(CFSTR path) const;
+#endif
 };
 
 struct CDirPathTime: public CFiTimesCAM
 {
   FString Path;
   
-  bool SetDirTime() const;
+  bool SetDirTime_to_FS_2() const { return SetDirTime_to_FS(Path); }
 };
 
 
 #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
 
-
 enum ELinkType
 {
   k_LinkType_HardLink,
@@ -227,6 +231,15 @@ private:
 #endif // SUPPORT_LINKS
 
 
+
+struct CProcessedFileInfo
+{
+  CArcTime CTime;
+  CArcTime ATime;
+  CArcTime MTime;
+  UInt32 Attrib;
+  bool Attrib_Defined;
+  
 #ifndef _WIN32
 
 struct COwnerInfo
@@ -243,8 +256,76 @@ struct COwnerInfo
   }
 };
 
+  COwnerInfo Owner;
+  COwnerInfo Group;
 #endif
 
+  void Clear()
+  {
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    Attrib_Defined = false;
+    Owner.Clear();
+#endif
+  }
+
+    bool IsReparse() const
+    {
+      return (Attrib_Defined && (Attrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) != 0);
+    }
+    
+    bool IsLinuxSymLink() const
+    {
+      return (Attrib_Defined && MY_LIN_S_ISLNK(Attrib >> 16));
+    }
+
+    void SetFromPosixAttrib(UInt32 a)
+    {
+      // here we set only part of combined attribute required by SetFileAttrib() call
+      #ifdef _WIN32
+      // Windows sets FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, if we try to set 0 as attribute.
+      Attrib = MY_LIN_S_ISDIR(a) ?
+          FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY :
+          FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE;
+      if ((a & 0222) == 0) // (& S_IWUSR) in p7zip
+        Attrib |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY;
+      // 22.00 : we need type bits for (MY_LIN_S_IFLNK) for IsLinuxSymLink()
+      a &= MY_LIN_S_IFMT;
+      if (a == MY_LIN_S_IFLNK)
+        Attrib |= (a << 16);
+      #else
+      Attrib = (a << 16) | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_EXTENSION;
+      #endif
+      Attrib_Defined = true;
+    }
+};
+
+
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+
+struct CPostLink
+{
+  UInt32 Index_in_Arc;
+  bool item_IsDir;                // _item.IsDir
+  UString item_Path;              // _item.Path;
+  UStringVector item_PathParts;   // _item.PathParts;
+  CProcessedFileInfo item_FileInfo; // _fi
+  FString fullProcessedPath_from; // full file path in FS
+  CLinkInfo LinkInfo;
+};
+
+/*
+struct CPostLinks
+{
+  void Clear()
+  {
+    Links.Clear();
+  }
+};
+*/
+
+#endif // SUPPORT_LINKS
+
+
 
 class CArchiveExtractCallback Z7_final:
   public IArchiveExtractCallback,
@@ -292,8 +373,9 @@ public:
 private:
 
   const CArc *_arc;
+public:
   CExtractNtOptions _ntOptions;
-
+private:
   bool _encrypted;
   bool _isSplit;
   bool _curSize_Defined;
@@ -325,7 +407,9 @@ private:
   CMyComPtr<ICryptoGetTextPassword> _cryptoGetTextPassword;
 
   FString _dirPathPrefix;
+public:
   FString _dirPathPrefix_Full;
+private:
 
   #ifndef Z7_SFX
 
@@ -337,49 +421,7 @@ private:
   CReadArcItem _item;
   FString _diskFilePath;
 
-  struct CProcessedFileInfo
-  {
-    CArcTime CTime;
-    CArcTime ATime;
-    CArcTime MTime;
-    UInt32 Attrib;
-    bool Attrib_Defined;
-
-   #ifndef _WIN32
-    COwnerInfo Owner;
-    COwnerInfo Group;
-   #endif
-
-    bool IsReparse() const
-    {
-      return (Attrib_Defined && (Attrib & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) != 0);
-    }
-    
-    bool IsLinuxSymLink() const
-    {
-      return (Attrib_Defined && MY_LIN_S_ISLNK(Attrib >> 16));
-    }
-
-    void SetFromPosixAttrib(UInt32 a)
-    {
-      // here we set only part of combined attribute required by SetFileAttrib() call
-      #ifdef _WIN32
-      // Windows sets FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, if we try to set 0 as attribute.
-      Attrib = MY_LIN_S_ISDIR(a) ?
-          FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY :
-          FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE;
-      if ((a & 0222) == 0) // (& S_IWUSR) in p7zip
-        Attrib |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY;
-      // 22.00 : we need type bits for (MY_LIN_S_IFLNK) for IsLinuxSymLink()
-      a &= MY_LIN_S_IFMT;
-      if (a == MY_LIN_S_IFLNK)
-        Attrib |= (a << 16);
-      #else
-      Attrib = (a << 16) | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_UNIX_EXTENSION;
-      #endif
-      Attrib_Defined = true;
-    }
-  } _fi;
+  CProcessedFileInfo _fi;
 
   UInt64 _position;
   UInt64 _curSize;
@@ -421,20 +463,21 @@ private:
   // CObjectVector<NWindows::NFile::NDir::CDelayedSymLink> _delayedSymLinks;
   #endif
 
-  void CreateComplexDirectory(const UStringVector &dirPathParts, FString &fullPath);
+  void CreateComplexDirectory(
+      const UStringVector &dirPathParts, bool isFinal, FString &fullPath);
   HRESULT GetTime(UInt32 index, PROPID propID, CArcTime &ft);
   HRESULT GetUnpackSize();
 
   FString Hash_GetFullFilePath();
 
-  void SetAttrib();
+  void SetAttrib() const;
 
 public:
-  HRESULT SendMessageError(const char *message, const FString &path);
-  HRESULT SendMessageError_with_Error(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path);
-  HRESULT SendMessageError_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path);
-  HRESULT SendMessageError2(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2);
-  HRESULT SendMessageError2_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2);
+  HRESULT SendMessageError(const char *message, const FString &path) const;
+  HRESULT SendMessageError_with_Error(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path) const;
+  HRESULT SendMessageError_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path) const;
+  HRESULT SendMessageError2(HRESULT errorCode, const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2) const;
+  HRESULT SendMessageError2_with_LastError(const char *message, const FString &path1, const FString &path2) const;
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(UNDER_CE) && !defined(Z7_SFX)
   NExtract::NZoneIdMode::EEnum ZoneMode;
@@ -497,10 +540,11 @@ public:
       UInt64 packSize);
 
 
-  #ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
+#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
 
 private:
   CHardLinks _hardLinks;
+  CObjectVector<CPostLink> _postLinks;
   CLinkInfo _link;
   // const void *NtReparse_Data;
   // UInt32 NtReparse_Size;
@@ -512,13 +556,16 @@ private:
       const FString &fullProcessedPath_from,
       const CLinkInfo &linkInfo,
       bool &linkWasSet);
+  HRESULT SetPostLinks() const;
 
 public:
-  // call PrepareHardLinks() after Init()
+  HRESULT CreateHardLink2(const FString &newFilePath,
+      const FString &existFilePath, bool &link_was_Created) const;
+  HRESULT DeleteLinkFileAlways_or_RemoveEmptyDir(const FString &path, bool checkThatFileIsEmpty) const;
   HRESULT PrepareHardLinks(const CRecordVector<UInt32> *realIndices);  // NULL means all items
+#endif
 
-  #endif
-
+private:
 
   #ifdef SUPPORT_ALT_STREAMS
   CObjectVector<CIndexToPathPair> _renamedFiles;
@@ -526,6 +573,7 @@ public:
 
   // call it after Init()
 
+public:
   #ifndef Z7_SFX
   void SetBaseParentFolderIndex(UInt32 indexInArc)
   {
@@ -547,7 +595,6 @@ private:
 
   HRESULT Read_fi_Props();
   void CorrectPathParts();
-  void GetFiTimesCAM(CFiTimesCAM &pt);
   void CreateFolders();
   
   HRESULT CheckExistFile(FString &fullProcessedPath, bool &needExit);
@@ -556,8 +603,8 @@ private:
 
   HRESULT CloseFile();
   HRESULT CloseReparseAndFile();
-  HRESULT CloseReparseAndFile2();
   HRESULT SetDirsTimes();
+  HRESULT SetSecurityInfo(UInt32 indexInArc, const FString &path) const;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/CPP/Windows/FileDir.cpp b/CPP/Windows/FileDir.cpp
index 10c4e98..ad0d8c9 100644
--- a/CPP/Windows/FileDir.cpp
+++ b/CPP/Windows/FileDir.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ bool GetSystemDir(FString &path)
 #endif // UNDER_CE
 
 
-bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+static bool SetFileTime_Base(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime, DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes)
 {
   #ifndef _UNICODE
   if (!g_IsNT)
@@ -137,14 +137,14 @@ bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CF
   HANDLE hDir = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
   IF_USE_MAIN_PATH
     hDir = ::CreateFileW(fs2us(path), GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-        NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+        NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, dwFlagsAndAttributes, NULL);
   #ifdef Z7_LONG_PATH
   if (hDir == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && USE_SUPER_PATH)
   {
     UString superPath;
     if (GetSuperPath(path, superPath, USE_MAIN_PATH))
       hDir = ::CreateFileW(superPath, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-          NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+          NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, dwFlagsAndAttributes, NULL);
   }
   #endif
 
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@ bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CF
   return res;
 }
 
+bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+{
+  return SetFileTime_Base(path, cTime, aTime, mTime, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS);
+}
+
+bool SetLinkFileTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+{
+  return SetFileTime_Base(path, cTime, aTime, mTime, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT);
+}
 
 
 bool SetFileAttrib(CFSTR path, DWORD attrib)
@@ -1173,17 +1182,15 @@ bool GetCurrentDir(FString &path)
 
 
 
-bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+static bool SetFileTime_Base(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime, const int flags)
 {
   // need testing
   /*
   struct utimbuf buf;
   struct stat st;
   UNUSED_VAR(cTime)
- 
   printf("\nstat = %s\n", path);
   int ret = stat(path, &st);
-
   if (ret == 0)
   {
     buf.actime  = st.st_atime;
@@ -1195,47 +1202,42 @@ bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CF
     buf.actime  = cur_time;
     buf.modtime = cur_time;
   }
-
   if (aTime)
   {
     UInt32 ut;
     if (NTime::FileTimeToUnixTime(*aTime, ut))
       buf.actime = ut;
   }
-
   if (mTime)
   {
     UInt32 ut;
     if (NTime::FileTimeToUnixTime(*mTime, ut))
       buf.modtime = ut;
   }
-
   return utime(path, &buf) == 0;
   */
 
   // if (!aTime && !mTime) return true;
-
   struct timespec times[2];
   UNUSED_VAR(cTime)
-  
   bool needChange;
   needChange  = FiTime_To_timespec(aTime, times[0]);
   needChange |= FiTime_To_timespec(mTime, times[1]);
-
-  /*
-  if (mTime)
-  {
-    printf("\n time = %ld.%9ld\n", mTime->tv_sec, mTime->tv_nsec);
-  }
-  */
-
+  // if (mTime) { printf("\n time = %ld.%9ld\n", mTime->tv_sec, mTime->tv_nsec);  }
   if (!needChange)
     return true;
-  const int flags = 0; // follow link
-    // = AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW; // don't follow link
   return utimensat(AT_FDCWD, path, times, flags) == 0;
 }
 
+bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+{
+  return SetFileTime_Base(path, cTime, aTime, mTime, 0); // (flags = 0) means follow_link
+}
+
+bool SetLinkFileTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime)
+{
+  return SetFileTime_Base(path, cTime, aTime, mTime, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+}
 
 
 struct C_umask
diff --git a/CPP/Windows/FileDir.h b/CPP/Windows/FileDir.h
index 65e6368..9ba98fc 100644
--- a/CPP/Windows/FileDir.h
+++ b/CPP/Windows/FileDir.h
@@ -18,9 +18,20 @@ bool GetSystemDir(FString &path);
 WIN32 API : SetFileTime() doesn't allow to set zero timestamps in file
 but linux : allows unix time = 0 in filesystem
 */
-
+/*
+SetDirTime() can be used to set time for file or for dir.
+If path is symbolic link, SetDirTime() will follow symbolic link,
+and it will set timestamps of symbolic link's target file or dir.
+*/
 bool SetDirTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime);
 
+/*
+SetLinkFileTime() doesn't follow symbolic link,
+and it sets timestamps for symbolic link file itself.
+If (path) is not symbolic link, it still can work (at least in some new OS versions).
+*/
+bool SetLinkFileTime(CFSTR path, const CFiTime *cTime, const CFiTime *aTime, const CFiTime *mTime);
+
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
diff --git a/DOC/7zip.wxs b/DOC/7zip.wxs
index d369074..703e22e 100644
--- a/DOC/7zip.wxs
+++ b/DOC/7zip.wxs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 
 <?define VerMajor = "25" ?>
-<?define VerMinor = "00" ?>
+<?define VerMinor = "01" ?>
 <?define VerBuild = "00" ?>
 <?define MmVer = "$(var.VerMajor).$(var.VerMinor)" ?>
 <?define MmHex = "$(var.VerMajor)$(var.VerMinor)" ?>
diff --git a/DOC/readme.txt b/DOC/readme.txt
index 7fbbdc8..cc89a39 100644
--- a/DOC/readme.txt
+++ b/DOC/readme.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-7-Zip 25.00 Sources
+7-Zip 25.01 Sources
 -------------------
 
 7-Zip is a file archiver for Windows. 
diff --git a/DOC/src-history.txt b/DOC/src-history.txt
index 70b11b5..48c9647 100644
--- a/DOC/src-history.txt
+++ b/DOC/src-history.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 HISTORY of the 7-Zip source code
 --------------------------------
 
+25.01          2025-08-03
+-------------------------
+- The code for handling symbolic links has been changed 
+  to provide greater security when extracting files from archives.
+  Command line switch -snld20 can be used to bypass default security 
+  checks when creating symbolic links.
+
+
 25.00          2025-07-05
 -------------------------
 - 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression
@@ -11,6 +19,8 @@ HISTORY of the 7-Zip source code
 - deflate (zip/gz) compression speed was increased by 1-3%.
 - improved support for zip, cpio and fat archives.
 - fixed some bugs and vulnerabilities.
+- the bug was fixed : CVE-2025-53816 : 7-Zip could work incorrectly for some incorrect RAR archives. 
+- the bug was fixed : CVE-2025-53817 : 7-Zip could crash for some incorrect COM (Compound File) archives. 
 
 
 24.09          2024-11-29