Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.

Don O'Neil don at lizardhill.com
Wed May 10 18:17:19 PDT 2006


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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