By default, extract destroys symbolic links on CentOS 7 Older CentOS 6 and tar-1.23-13.el6.x86_64 this didn't happen. I don't know if this is CentOS specific or generic Tar behaviour.
How to reproduce: mkdir temp2 ln -s temp2/ temp ls -l Jun 22 05:49 tarri.tar Jun 27 02:23 temp -> temp2/ Jun 22 05:49 temp2 tar -xvf tarri.tar
temp/ temp/joku.txt
Tar extract has over written the symbolic link.
Jun 22 05:49 tarri.tar Jun 22 05:48 temp Jun 22 05:49 temp2 -- Netum Päivystys / Tero Kirjavainen email: tero.kirjavai...@netum.fi gsm: 044 745 1487
