I understand what you said. In theory "h" should replace link to physical file. But it really happen. --- 10/6/23 (三)，John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> 寫道： > 寄件者: John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] tar cvhf with link restore?? > 收件者: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > 日期: 2010年6月23日,三,下午4:44 > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 04:37:25AM > +0800, mcclnx mcc wrote: > > I am doing "tar" test due to some software require > "tar cvhf". When I > > using "tar cvhf and tar xvhf ", files have symbolic > link replace by > > physical files. > > > > wield things is my friend using same command 'tar cvhf > and tar xvhf". > > after restore link still there. > > I find it unlikely he's using the same > command line; see below. > > > does there has way when I using "tar cvhf" and "tar > xvhf" I can get > > link back not physical files? > > -h / --dereference does not archive / > follow the link but > rather the file that the link points to; > it dereferences it > during archive creation. > > Simple answer: do not use -h / > --dereference and you will have > the behavior you wish. > > As always, "man tar" for more > information. > > > > > > > John > > > -- > What happened should never, ever have happened. The > families of those who > died should not have had to live with the pain and hurt of > that day, and a > lifetime of loss. > > -- Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, apologizing for > the Bloody Sunday > killings of 14 unarmed demonstrators by > British soldiers in Londonderry, > Northern Ireland, in 1972, New York > Times, 16 June 2010 > > -----內含下列夾帶檔案----- > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >