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Date:      Wed, 01 Oct 2003 22:03:20 +0200
From:      Felix Deichmann <f.dei@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tar vs cp
Message-ID:  <3F7B3308.4050807@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <3F7B0D5C.7080009@mac.com>
References:  <20031001122603.B71418-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> <3F7B0D5C.7080009@mac.com>

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Chuck Swiger wrote:

> tar handles symbolic links properly, whereas cp will "copy through" the 
> contents of the link.

Also true for cp -R? :-)



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