Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 10:20:38 -0500 From: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: A simple use of tar question. Message-ID: <TCPSMTP.17.12.21.10.20.38.3047923923.10604@bbs.dcoisp.net>
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Hello all. I am attempting to back a portion of a webserver space for one of my clients. I plan to use tar and compress the file with gzip. I only have one question. I am a little unclear on how to preserve the symbolic links, as well as write the data that the sym links point to. For example. Suppose this client is in a directory called /home/twc-online Within this directory, they have a directory called www. Unfortunately, this www directory is nothing more than a symbolic link. When someone changes to the /home/twc-online/www directory, they are changed to the linked directory: /home/www/twc-online. I see that tar has an h option that supposedly writes the data of symbolic links instead of just writing the link itself. Is that the way something like this should be accomplished? Or is there a better suited tar option that will even work better? Thanks for any assistance. Jeremy
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