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
