In the last episode (May 10), Don O'Neil said:
> 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?
Sounds like your tar's broken.
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> ln -s testing link
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> md bsdtar gnutar
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> bsdtar cf - link | ( cd bsdtar && bsdtar xvf - )
x link
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> gtar cf - link | ( cd gnutar && gtar xvf - )
link
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> ls -l bsdtar gnutar
bsdtar:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 dan wheel 512 May 10 21:19 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 dan wheel 512 May 10 21:18 ../
lrwxr-xr-x 1 dan wheel 7 May 10 21:18 link@ -> testing
gnutar:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 dan wheel 512 May 10 21:19 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 dan wheel 512 May 10 21:18 ../
lrwxr-xr-x 1 dan wheel 7 May 10 21:19 link@ -> testing
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> bsdtar --version
bsdtar 1.01.020, libarchive 1.02.033
Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Tim Kientzle
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) /tmp/z> gtar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25
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Dan Nelson
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