Re: Save/Restore Symlinks

2008-05-30 Thread Chuck Rhode
On Fri, 30 May 2008 15:30:28 +0200, Chuck Rhode wrote: > 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. The card was in the reader. Then here's what I did as root: > umount /dev/sdc1 > mke2fs /dev/sdc1

Re: Save/Restore Symlinks

2008-05-30 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 08:03:23AM -0500, Chuck Rhode wrote: > 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

Re: Save/Restore Symlinks

2008-05-30 Thread Chuck Rhode
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

Re: Save/Restore Symlinks

2008-05-29 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
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? I'm not even sure I understand the question. If you back up a symlink, and then restore the symlink,

Save/Restore Symlinks

2008-05-28 Thread Chuck Rhode
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? I gather that *tar* saves link info, but *rsync*, using standard file-system calls to create links in the backup directory, cannot, when the destination is on removab