Simple Tar question

[Manuel_8]

Hello,
I have "tar" a directory whit -cvf file.tar file.orig options;
I'm not sure that I have buckupped also link.
Is there a specific option to do it?
Thanks for yours helps.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Manuel,

You can check your tar "ball"
with
# tar tvf file.tar
and look if you link is included.

Robert-Jan.

[Marco Santerre]

to tar the symbolic links, use the -h option on your tar command

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

I think you will have to use option "h" because tar doesnot follow symbolic links , do a man tar and you will know more .


Manoj Srivastava

[Jean-Louis Phelix]

hi,

Not sure about your question, but if you want to backup the link itself (not the file it points to), tar cvf will do it. If you want to backup the linked file as if it was a regular file, then (and only in this case) use -h key as Marco said.

Regards.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi all,

Just looked at your answers, and yes -h or not -h that is the question (:>

Manuel with -h option tar will follow the link (original file) without -h tar will archieve the link itself.

Hope this helps.

Robert-Jan.