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Re: Copying one hard drive to another - links



Alvin Oga <aoga@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com> writes:

> - yes the hardlinks for gunzip and gzip is not a issue in that
>   case since its in the same directory/partitions
> 	- hardlinks is a problem when it crosses directories
> 	and partitions since it keeps the leading /

Hardlinks can't cross partitions.  Try it.

The gunzip and gzip hardlinks *do* pose a problem if you use tar
to unpack an archive and /usr is mounted in a non-standard place.
Try it.  I think this is a bug in tar.

Dan



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