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cpio is what you want. I can't remember all the flags by heart but a '$ man cpio' will be your friend here.<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT COLOR="#666666">Nathan Embery</FONT></FONT><BR>
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On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 15:52 -0400, Weber, Lawrence A wrote:
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<FONT SIZE="2">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.</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2">Is there any way to back up directories with links?</FONT>
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