diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/Browse.page b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/Browse.page
index cb1f94be8d..79d3252b89 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/Browse.page
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/Browse.page
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function doJobs(title) {
       },
       "_(Delete)_": function(){
         let row = [];
-        dfm.window.find('i[id^="queue_"]').each(function(){if ($(this).hasClass('fa-check-square-o')) row.push((($(this).prop('id').split('_')[1]-1)*9)+1);});
+        dfm.window.find('i[id^="queue_"]').each(function(){if ($(this).hasClass('fa-check-square-o')) row.push($(this).prop('id').split('_')[1]);});
         $.post('/webGui/include/Control.php',{mode:'undo',row:row.join(',')},function(queue){
           $.post('/webGui/include/Control.php',{mode:'jobs'},function(jobs){
             $('#dfm_jobs').html(jobs);
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Browse.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Browse.php
index 4486f04bf0..be1677527b 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Browse.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Browse.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function my_age($time) {
 function parent_link() {
   global $dir, $path;
   $parent = dirname($dir);
-  return $parent == '/' ? false : '<a href="/'.$path.'?dir='.rawurlencode(htmlspecialchars($parent)).'">'._('Parent Directory').'</a>';
+  return $parent == '/' ? false : '<a href="/'.$path.'?dir='.rawurlencode($parent).'">'._("Parent Directory").'</a>';
 }
 
 function my_devs(&$devs,$name,$menu) {
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ function my_devs(&$devs,$name,$menu) {
 
 function icon_class($ext) {
   switch ($ext) {
+  case 'broken-symlink':
+    return 'fa fa-chain-broken red-text';
   case '3gp': case 'asf': case 'avi': case 'f4v': case 'flv': case 'm4v': case 'mkv': case 'mov': case 'mp4': case 'mpeg': case 'mpg': case 'm2ts': case 'ogm': case 'ogv': case 'vob': case 'webm': case 'wmv':
     return 'fa fa-film';
   case '7z': case 'bz2': case 'gz': case 'rar': case 'tar': case 'xz': case 'zip':
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ function icon_class($ext) {
   }
 }
 
-$dir = validdir(htmlspecialchars_decode(rawurldecode($_GET['dir'])));
+$dir = validdir(rawurldecode($_GET['dir']));
 if (!$dir) {echo '<tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td colspan="6">',_('Invalid path'),'</td><td></td></tr></tbody>'; exit;}
 
 extract(parse_plugin_cfg('dynamix',true));
@@ -149,48 +151,108 @@ function icon_class($ext) {
 
 if ($user ) {
   exec("shopt -s dotglob;getfattr --no-dereference --absolute-names -n system.LOCATIONS ".escapeshellarg($dir)."/* 2>/dev/null",$tmp);
-  for ($i = 0; $i < count($tmp); $i+=3) $set[basename($tmp[$i])] = explode('"',$tmp[$i+1])[1];
+  // Decode octal escapes from getfattr output to match actual filenames
+  // Reason: "getfattr" outputs \012 (newline) but the below "find" returns actual newline character
+  for ($i = 0; $i < count($tmp); $i+=3) {
+    // Check bounds: if getfattr fails for a file, we might not have all 3 lines
+    if (!isset($tmp[$i+1])) break;
+    $filename = preg_replace_callback('/\\\\([0-7]{3})/', function($m) { return chr(octdec($m[1])); }, $tmp[$i]);
+    $parts = explode('"', $tmp[$i+1]);
+    if (count($parts) >= 2) {
+      $set[basename($filename)] = $parts[1];
+    }
+  }
   unset($tmp);
 }
 
-$stat = popen("shopt -s dotglob;stat -L -c'%F|%U|%A|%s|%Y|%n' ".escapeshellarg($dir)."/* 2>/dev/null",'r');
+// Detect symlinks: run find without -L to identify symlinks (type='l')
+// Build map of basenames with their device IDs and link targets
+// Include broken symlinks to show their target in tooltip
+$symlinks = [];
+exec("cd ".escapeshellarg($dir)." && find . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type l -printf '%f\t%D\t%l\n' 2>/dev/null", $symlink_list);
+foreach ($symlink_list as $line) {
+  $parts = explode("\t", $line);
+  if (count($parts) == 3) {
+    $symlinks[$parts[0]] = ['device_id' => $parts[1], 'target' => $parts[2]];
+  }
+}
+
+// Get directory listing with stat info NULL-separated to support newlines in file/dir names
+// Format: 8 fields per entry separated by \0: type\0linktype\0owner\0perms\0size\0timestamp\0name\0deviceID\0
+// Always use find -L to show target properties (size, type, perms of symlink target)
+// %y=file type (follows symlink with -L), %Y=target type (N=broken), %u=owner, %M=perms, %s=size, %T@=timestamp, %p=path, %D=device ID
+$cmd = <<<'BASH'
+cd %s && find -L . -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -printf '%%y\0%%Y\0%%u\0%%M\0%%s\0%%T@\0%%p\0%%D\0' 2>/dev/null
+BASH;
+$stat = popen(sprintf($cmd, escapeshellarg($dir)), 'r');
+
+// Read all output and split by \0 into array
+$all_output = stream_get_contents($stat);
+pclose($stat);
+$fields_array = explode("\0", $all_output);
+
+// Process in groups of 8 fields per entry
+for ($i = 0; $i + 8 <= count($fields_array); $i += 8) {
+  $fields = array_slice($fields_array, $i, 8);
+  [$type,$link_type,$owner,$perm,$size,$time,$name,$device_id] = $fields;
+  $time = (int)$time;
+  $name = $dir.'/'.substr($name, 2); // Remove './' prefix from find output
+  $is_broken = ($link_type == 'N'); // Broken symlink (target doesn't exist)
+  $is_symlink = isset($symlinks[basename($name)]); // Check if this item is a symlink
+  
+  // Determine device name for LOCATION column
+  if ($user) {
+    // User share: use xattr (system.LOCATIONS) or share config
+    // Extract share name from path: /mnt/user/sharename/... -> sharename
+    $dev = explode('/', $name, 5);
+    $dev_name = $dev[3] ?? $dev[2];
+    $devs_value = $set[basename($name)] ?? $shares[$dev_name]['cachePool'] ?? '';
+  } else {
+    // Disk path: always shows current disk in LOCATION
+    $dev_name = $lock;
+    $devs_value = $dev_name;
+  }
+  $devs = explode(',', $devs_value);
+  $tag = count($devs) > 1 ? 'warning' : '';
 
-while (($row = fgets($stat)) !== false) {
-  [$type,$owner,$perm,$size,$time,$name] = explode('|',rtrim($row,"\n"),6);
-  $dev  = explode('/', $name, 5);
-  $devs = explode(',', $user ? $set[basename($name)] ?? $shares[$dev[3]]['cachePool'] ?? '' : $lock);
   $objs++;
   $text = [];
-  if ($type[0] == 'd') {
+  if ($type == 'd') {
     $text[] = '<tr><td><i id="check_'.$objs.'" class="fa fa-fw fa-square-o" onclick="selectOne(this.id)"></i></td>';
     $text[] = '<td data=""><i class="fa fa-folder-o"></i></td>';
-    $text[] = '<td><a id="name_'.$objs.'" oncontextmenu="folderContextMenu(this.id,\'right\');return false" href="/'.$path.'?dir='.rawurlencode(htmlspecialchars($name)).'">'.htmlspecialchars(basename($name)).'</a></td>';
+    // nl2br() is used to preserve newlines in file/dir names
+    $symlink_tooltip = $is_symlink ? '<a class="info" href="#" onclick="return false;"><i class="fa fa-external-link" style="margin-left:4px;"></i><span>'.htmlspecialchars($symlinks[basename($name)]['target'] ?? '').'</span></a>' : '';
+    $text[] = '<td><a id="name_'.$objs.'" oncontextmenu="folderContextMenu(this.id,\'right\');return false" href="/'.$path.'?dir='.rawurlencode($name).'">'.nl2br(htmlspecialchars(basename($name))).'</a>'.$symlink_tooltip.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td id="owner_'.$objs.'">'.$owner.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td id="perm_'.$objs.'">'.$perm.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td data="0">&lt;'.$folder.'&gt;</td>';
     $text[] = '<td data="'.$time.'"><span class="my_time">'.my_time($time,$fmt).'</span><span class="my_age" style="display:none">'.my_age($time).'</span></td>';
-    $text[] = '<td class="loc">'.my_devs($devs,$dev[3]??$dev[2],'deviceFolderContextMenu').'</td>';
+    $text[] = '<td class="loc">'.my_devs($devs,$dev_name,'deviceFolderContextMenu').'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td><i id="row_'.$objs.'" data="'.escapeQuote($name).'" type="d" class="fa fa-plus-square-o" onclick="folderContextMenu(this.id,\'both\')" oncontextmenu="folderContextMenu(this.id,\'both\');return false">...</i></td></tr>';
     $dirs[] = gzdeflate(implode($text));
   } else {
-    $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+    // Determine file extension for icon - always show target file icon (symlinks are followed by find -L)
+    if ($is_broken) {
+      $ext = 'broken-symlink';
+    } else {
+      $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+    }
     $tag = count($devs) > 1 ? 'warning' : '';
     $text[] = '<tr><td><i id="check_'.$objs.'" class="fa fa-fw fa-square-o" onclick="selectOne(this.id)"></i></td>';
     $text[] = '<td class="ext" data="'.$ext.'"><i class="'.icon_class($ext).'"></i></td>';
-    $text[] = '<td id="name_'.$objs.'" class="'.$tag.'" onclick="fileEdit(this.id)" oncontextmenu="fileContextMenu(this.id,\'right\');return false">'.htmlspecialchars(basename($name)).'</td>';
+    $symlink_tooltip = $is_symlink ? '<a class="info" href="#" onclick="return false;"><i class="fa fa-external-link" style="margin-left:4px;"></i><span>'.htmlspecialchars($symlinks[basename($name)]['target'] ?? '').'</span></a>' : '';
+    $text[] = '<td id="name_'.$objs.'" class="'.$tag.'" oncontextmenu="fileContextMenu(this.id,\'right\');return false">'.($is_broken ? nl2br(htmlspecialchars(basename($name))) : '<span style="cursor:pointer" onclick="fileEdit(\'name_'.$objs.'\')">'.nl2br(htmlspecialchars(basename($name))).'</span>').$symlink_tooltip.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td id="owner_'.$objs.'" class="'.$tag.'">'.$owner.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td id="perm_'.$objs.'" class="'.$tag.'">'.$perm.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td data="'.$size.'" class="'.$tag.'">'.my_scale($size,$unit).' '.$unit.'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td data="'.$time.'" class="'.$tag.'"><span class="my_time">'.my_time($time,$fmt).'</span><span class="my_age" style="display:none">'.my_age($time).'</span></td>';
-    $text[] = '<td class="loc '.$tag.'">'.my_devs($devs,$dev[3]??$dev[2],'deviceFileContextMenu').'</td>';
+    $text[] = '<td class="loc '.$tag.'">'.my_devs($devs,$dev_name,'deviceFileContextMenu').'</td>';
     $text[] = '<td><i id="row_'.$objs.'" data="'.escapeQuote($name).'" type="f" class="fa fa-plus-square-o" onclick="fileContextMenu(this.id,\'both\')" oncontextmenu="fileContextMenu(this.id,\'both\');return false">...</i></td></tr>';
     $files[] = gzdeflate(implode($text));
     $total += $size;
   }
 }
 
-pclose($stat);
-
 if ($link = parent_link()) echo '<tbody class="tablesorter-infoOnly"><tr><td></td><td><i class="fa fa-folder-open-o"></i></td><td>',$link,'</td><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody>';
 echo write($dirs),write($files),'<tfoot><tr><td></td><td></td><td colspan="7">',add($objs,'object'),': ',add($dirs,'director','y','ies'),', ',add($files,'file'),' (',my_scale($total,$unit),' ',$unit,' ',_('total'),')</td></tr></tfoot>';
 ?>
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php
index 045da68869..40be72686f 100644
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@ function quoted($name) {return is_array($name) ? implode(' ',array_map('escape',
   $file = '/var/tmp/file.manager.jobs';
   $rows = file_exists($file) ? file($file,FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES) : [];
   $job  = 1;
-  for ($x = 0; $x < count($rows); $x+=9) {
-    $data = parse_ini_string(implode("\n",array_slice($rows,$x,9)));
-    $task = $data['task'];
-    $source = explode("\r",$data['source']);
-    $target = $data['target'];
+  foreach ($rows as $row) {
+    if (empty($row)) continue;
+    $data = json_decode($row, true);
+    if (!$data) continue;
+    $task = $data['task'] ?? '';
+    $source = explode("\r",$data['source'] ?? '');
+    $target = $data['target'] ?? '';
     $more = count($source) > 1 ? " (".sprintf("and %s more",count($source)-1).") " : "";
     $jobs[] = '<i id="queue_'.$job.'" class="fa fa-fw fa-square-o blue-text job" onclick="selectOne(this.id,false)"></i>'._('Job')." [".sprintf("%'.04d",$job++)."] - $task ".$source[0].$more.($target ? " --> $target" : "");
   }
@@ -134,10 +136,20 @@ function quoted($name) {return is_array($name) ? implode(' ',array_map('escape',
   $jobs   = '/var/tmp/file.manager.jobs';
   $start  = '0';
   if (file_exists($jobs)) {
-    exec("sed -n '2,9 p' $jobs > $active");
-    exec("sed -i '1,9 d' $jobs");
-    $start = filesize($jobs) > 0 ? '2' : '1';
-    if ($start=='1') delete_file($jobs);
+    // read first JSON line from jobs file and write to active
+    $lines = file($jobs, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
+    if (!empty($lines)) {
+      file_put_contents($active, $lines[0]);
+      // remove first line from jobs file
+      array_shift($lines);
+      if (count($lines) > 0) {
+        file_put_contents($jobs, implode("\n", $lines)."\n");
+        $start = '2';
+      } else {
+        delete_file($jobs);
+        $start = '1';
+      }
+    }
   }
   die($start);
 case 'undo':
@@ -145,37 +157,46 @@ function quoted($name) {return is_array($name) ? implode(' ',array_map('escape',
   $undo = '0';
   if (file_exists($jobs)) {
     $rows = array_reverse(explode(',',$_POST['row']));
+    $lines = file($jobs, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
     foreach ($rows as $row) {
-      $end = $row + 8;
-      exec("sed -i '$row,$end d' $jobs");
+      $line_number = $row - 1; // Convert 1-based job number to 0-based array index
+      if (isset($lines[$line_number])) {
+        unset($lines[$line_number]);
+      }
+    }
+    if (count($lines) > 0) {
+      file_put_contents($jobs, implode("\n", $lines)."\n");
+      $undo = '2';
+    } else {
+      delete_file($jobs);
+      $undo = '1';
     }
-    $undo = filesize($jobs) > 0 ? '2' : '1';
-    if ($undo=='1') delete_file($jobs);
   }
   die($undo);
 case 'read':
   $active = '/var/tmp/file.manager.active';
-  $read = file_exists($active) ? json_encode(parse_ini_file($active)) : '';
+  $read = file_exists($active) ? file_get_contents($active) : '';
   die($read);
 case 'file':
   $active = '/var/tmp/file.manager.active';
   $jobs   = '/var/tmp/file.manager.jobs';
-  $data[] = 'action="'.($_POST['action']??'').'"';
-  $data[] = 'title="'.rawurldecode($_POST['title']??'').'"';
-  $data[] = 'source="'.htmlspecialchars_decode(rawurldecode($_POST['source']??'')).'"';
-  $data[] = 'target="'.rawurldecode($_POST['target']??'').'"';
-  $data[] = 'H="'.(empty($_POST['hdlink']) ? '' : 'H').'"';
-  $data[] = 'sparse="'.(empty($_POST['sparse']) ? '' : '--sparse').'"';
-  $data[] = 'exist="'.(empty($_POST['exist']) ? '--ignore-existing' : '').'"';
-  $data[] = 'zfs="'.rawurldecode($_POST['zfs']??'').'"';
+  $data = [
+    'action' => $_POST['action'] ?? '',
+    'title' => rawurldecode($_POST['title'] ?? ''),
+    'source' => htmlspecialchars_decode(rawurldecode($_POST['source'] ?? '')),
+    'target' => htmlspecialchars_decode(rawurldecode($_POST['target'] ?? '')),
+    'H' => empty($_POST['hdlink']) ? '' : 'H',
+    'sparse' => empty($_POST['sparse']) ? '' : '--sparse',
+    'exist' => empty($_POST['exist']) ? '--ignore-existing' : '',
+    'zfs' => rawurldecode($_POST['zfs'] ?? '')
+  ];
   if (isset($_POST['task'])) {
     // add task to queue
-    $task = rawurldecode($_POST['task']);
-    $data = "task=\"$task\"\n".implode("\n",$data)."\n";
-    file_put_contents($jobs,$data,FILE_APPEND);
+    $data['task'] = rawurldecode($_POST['task']);
+    file_put_contents($jobs, json_encode($data)."\n", FILE_APPEND);
   } else {
     // start operation
-    file_put_contents($active,implode("\n",$data));
+    file_put_contents($active, json_encode($data));
   }
   die();
 }
diff --git a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager
index 810df8c785..b5033d6396 100755
--- a/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager
+++ b/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/nchan/file_manager
@@ -271,8 +271,11 @@ $delete_empty_dirs = null;
 while (true) {
   unset($action, $source, $target, $H, $sparse, $exist, $zfs);
 
-  // read job parameters from ini file: $action, $title, $source, $target, $H, $sparse, $exist, $zfs (set by emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php)
-  if (file_exists($active)) extract(parse_ini_file($active));
+  // read job parameters from JSON file: $action, $title, $source, $target, $H, $sparse, $exist, $zfs (set by emhttp/plugins/dynamix/include/Control.php)
+  if (file_exists($active)) {
+    $data = json_decode(file_get_contents($active), true);
+    if (is_array($data)) extract($data);
+  }
 
   // read PID from file (file_manager may have been restarted)
   if (!$pid && file_exists($pid_file)) {