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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>
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Jamie wrote:
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>     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.

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-Chuck
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