Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:17:18 -0700 From: "Don O'Neil" <don@lizardhill.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right. Message-ID: <005a01c67498$a54a2a70$0300020a@mickey>
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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?
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