Re: Save/Restore Symlinks
On Fri, 30 May 2008 07:00:17 +0200, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:50:04PM -0500, Chuck Rhode wrote:
>> Alright, I want to back-up my *home* directory, but it has symlinks to
>> other directories. How do I get these back after a restore?
> Rsync has plenty of flags to handle symlinks in various
> ways. However, if the *filesystem* of your backup media doesn't
> support symlinks (e.g. vfat) then you should use tarballs rather
> than per-file backup strategies to preserve your directory
> structure.
Ah hah! A response....
Yes, I am trying to rsync to a little SD camera memory card through
USB, and, in fact, the card has a vfat format! I'll try reformatting.
I'd really like to use *rsync*.
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