>
> I just did "strace tar xf -" to check what happens. Symlinks ought
> to work just fine! (tar does not remove existing files)
>
> -- The Rules --
NO! It's not just tar; there are umpteen other ways of doing a backup plus
the wonder tool just around the corner.
The simplest failure: cp -a /nfs/bigmachine/dos/* /dos
--
Rob. (Robert de Bath <http://poboxes.com/rdebath>)
<rdebath @ poboxes.com> <http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday>
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