RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.


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To: Don O'Neil
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Subject: Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links
not copied right.

# man tar

specifically, the -L option

On 5/10/06, Don O'Neil <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all...

I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another,
and when I
do
this:

tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination && tar xfv - )

It copies all the files, but the symbolic links are copied
as files of
0 length, rather than re-established as links.

What am I doing wrong here, or is my tar broken?


to preserve symlinks you need to use cpio specifically the -p and -l
options

man cpio

It is a bit of a read ....


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