[SLUG] Question on recursive subdirectory in RH7.2 and RH7.3
I found this recursive link on my RH7.2 and RH7.3 machines: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root1 Oct 14 18:53 /usr/bin/mh - . Can anyone shed any light on it? It is creating havoc with a backup I am trying to make: /bin/tar cv /usr -zhf /backup/usr outputs: usr/bin/mh usr/bin/mh/mh usr/bin/mh/mh/mh usr/bin/mh/mh/mh/mh usr/bin/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh usr/bin/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh usr/bin/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh/mh... ad-infinitum... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question on recursive subdirectory in RH7.2 and RH7.3
At Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:49:44 +1000, Russell Ashdown wrote: It is creating havoc with a backup I am trying to make: /bin/tar cv /usr -zhf /backup/usr outputs: usr/bin/mh usr/bin/mh/mh not an answer to your original question, but you shouldn't be backing up with -h unless you have a good reason to remove symlinks. -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Question on recursive subdirectory in RH7.2 and RH7.3
On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 08:38:21AM +1000, Angus Lees wrote: At Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:49:44 +1000, Russell Ashdown wrote: It is creating havoc with a backup I am trying to make: /bin/tar cv /usr -zhf /backup/usr outputs: usr/bin/mh usr/bin/mh/mh not an answer to your original question, but you shouldn't be backing up with -h unless you have a good reason to remove symlinks. I think you've nailed it Gus, the -h is causing the loop, since mh is a link to itself. You should almost NEVER follow links in backups and find. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
