I meant that we'd like to keep symlinks and restore them as they
where, rather than replacing the symlink with the original file or
loosing them all together.
On 11/13/06, Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 03:06:28PM +1100, Eddie F wrote:
Hi all,
I've been
This one time, at band camp, Penedo wrote:
On 13/11/06, Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty much everything keeps symlinks, cpio, tar, dump.
Just taking this opportunity to try to satisfy my curiosity.
I was wondering what's the state of dump(8) in the current world of multiple
Hi all,
I've been ask the question by a friend about what alternatives to cpio
there might be, for backing up to a tape drive and keeping symbolic
links preserved. Had a bit of a dig around on Google, but haven't had
much luck... Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Edd.
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SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 03:06:28PM +1100, Eddie F wrote:
Hi all,
I've been ask the question by a friend about what alternatives to cpio
there might be, for backing up to a tape drive and keeping symbolic
links preserved. Had a bit of a dig around on Google, but haven't had
much luck... Any
On 13/11/06, Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty much everything keeps symlinks, cpio, tar, dump.
Just taking this opportunity to try to satisfy my curiosity.
I was wondering what's the state of dump(8) in the current world of multiple
file system types, a quick Google came up
On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 02:12:10PM +1100, Penedo wrote:
On 13/11/06, Matthew Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty much everything keeps symlinks, cpio, tar, dump.
Just taking this opportunity to try to satisfy my curiosity.
I was wondering what's the state of dump(8) in the current
On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 02:21:30PM +1100, Eddie F wrote:
I meant that we'd like to keep symlinks and restore them as they
where, rather than replacing the symlink with the original file or
loosing them all together.
Then you don't have to do anything special.
matt
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SLUG - Sydney Linux
