Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

2009-05-04 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 04 May 2009 13:48:07 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> >> I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real >> >> directory. Is there any easy way to do it? >> >> >> >> Let me explain with an example (that you can try). . . >> >> I can't see that it would be possible to der

Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

2009-05-04 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 11:23:33PM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > "Douglas A. Tutty" writes: > >On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 09:04:38PM +, T o n g wrote: > >> I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real > >> directory. Is there any easy way to do it? > >> > >> Let me explain

Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

2009-05-03 Thread Cameron Hutchison
"Douglas A. Tutty" writes: >On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 09:04:38PM +, T o n g wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real >> directory. Is there any easy way to do it? >> >> Let me explain with an example (that you can try): >> >> mkdir d1 >> touch d1

Re: tar up a symbolic linked directory

2009-05-03 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 09:04:38PM +, T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > I want to tar up a symbolic linked directory as if it is a real > directory. Is there any easy way to do it? > > Let me explain with an example (that you can try): > > mkdir d1 > touch d1/{a,b,c} > ln -s c d1/d > ln -s d1 d2