From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 20:30:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74CAB16A632 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 20:30:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E7543F14 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 19:26:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@philip.pjkh.com) Received: from bravo.pjkh.com (bravo.pjkh.com [72.36.232.219]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68DC13C7E6; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:28:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 79CF813C7E5; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:28:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bravo.pjkh.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 774E313C404; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:28:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:28:51 -0500 (CDT) From: Philip Hallstrom To: Don O'Neil In-Reply-To: <042e01c67522$d52fb810$0300020a@mickey> Message-ID: <20060511142755.M89614@bravo.pjkh.com> References: <042e01c67522$d52fb810$0300020a@mickey> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 20:31:14 -0000 > Well... I'm moving it from one file system to another of different sizes, > that's the main reason. Dump won't care about that... dd would, but dd isn't right for this anyway... I'd give dump a try. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Philip Hallstrom > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:35 AM > To: Don O'Neil > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right > - More info > >> Hi all... >> >> Ok... More info for the puzzle..... >> >> 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. >> >> BUT >> >> When I just: >> >> tar -cf file.tar /source/* >> >> And then: >> >> tar -xf file.tar >> >> Then the symbolic links are made correctly.... Any reason why this >> should work and not the piped version for 'all in one' copying? > > If it's an actual filesystem why not use dump/restore? > > Otherwise I'm not sure, but you might also want to add in -pS to handle > permissions and sparse files as well... > > -philip > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >