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

[Don O'Neil]

My man says:

 -L number
 --tape-length number    Change tapes after writing number * 1024 bytes. 

Nothing about symbolic links.... Now there is an option --unlink-first and
--dereference... Both of which don't copy the links, but unlink or copy the
actual source file.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Greenwood [mailto:greenwood.andy at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 6:24 PM
To: Don O'Neil
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.

# man tar

specifically, the -L option

On 5/10/06, Don O'Neil <don at lizardhill.com> wrote:
> 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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