Re: [Bug-tar] Regarding untaring tar files containing symlinks

[Joerg Schilling]

Amit Kapila <address@hidden> wrote:

> > I send already a hint on how to do this using star.
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
> I have tried to search on net to download this utility and found
> below link:
>  ftp://ftp.ffokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/alpha/win32/
>
> I am not able to get from above link, it says location doesn't
> exist.
>
> Could you let me know from where can I get this utility.

It is on Sourceforge now.

> One more question, after using copysymlinks, will it retain the
> symlinks in Extracted data(folder)?

It will create copies as Win-DOS does not support symlnks.

Jörg

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