Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 21:23:45 -0400 From: "Andy Greenwood" <greenwood.andy@gmail.com> To: "Don O'Neil" <don@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right. Message-ID: <3ee9ca710605101823p56f2cdd9j4510cbc268448d05@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <005a01c67498$a54a2a70$0300020a@mickey> References: <005a01c67498$a54a2a70$0300020a@mickey>
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# man tar specifically, the -L option On 5/10/06, Don O'Neil <don@lizardhill.com> 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? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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