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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