Intent to package unsymlink
This is a tool that I wrote to help with archive maintenance. I've shown
the manpage here before; I finally got around to implementing it.
I'm releasing it under the GPL.
Package: unsymlink
Version: 1.0.3
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Architecture: i386
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl>
Description: convert symbolic links to hard links or copies
unsymlink scans the pathnames passed to it for symbolic links
(recursing into directory trees as needed), and selectively converts
them to real files. In the simplest case,
unsymlink filename
will replace a single symbolic link with its target.
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unsymlink can also operate gradually, by acting on a certain number of
kilobytes worth of files per invocation. This can be used on directory
trees that are mirrored via ftp, to spread out the impact of a mass
unsymlinking operation.
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unsymlink was originally written to help manage the Debian archive.
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