[wplug] Copying Symbolic Links

[Nathan Embery]

cpio is what you want. I can't remember all the flags by heart but a '$
man cpio' will be your friend here.

hth,
Nathan Embery
Systems Manager
nembery at met-net.com
c. 724 825 1168
o. 412 567 4318

Met-Net


On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 15:52 -0400, Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
> I am trying to copy files from my PC to a USB Thumb Drive (Sandisk).
> I get error messages telling me that it cannot copy symbolic link
> "files".  I get the same errors when copying Linux directories to a
> Windows Network Drive.
>  
> Is there any way to back up directories with links?
>  
> 
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