Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:22:36 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tar vs cp Message-ID: <3F7B0D5C.7080009@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20031001122603.B71418-100000@floyd.gnulife.org> References: <20031001122603.B71418-100000@floyd.gnulife.org>
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Jamie wrote: [ ... ] > I don't know what the actual rationale is for this. Can anyone explain > why it is oftentimes better to tar something rather than using cp when > copying directories and their contents? tar handles symbolic links properly, whereas cp will "copy through" the contents of the link. -- -Chuck
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