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How can I tar ball a directory hierarchy with soft links in linux
I am using tar to copy files and directories from a Solaris machine to a Linux machine.
- Does Tar preserve the Symbolic Links, Hard links and those links which uses absolute paths?
I am copying the Directories one by one from the root, I am not copying the entire /
to the new server as I already have few directories setup.
What did you find out when you tried a small example test? – Levon – 2012-08-24T15:35:52.510
Can you clarify what your expectations are. "preserving links" can be understood different ways, especially referring to "those links which use absolute paths". – jlliagre – 2012-08-24T16:11:07.127