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Re: [Bug-tar] hard link extraction
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Dustin J. Mitchell |
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Re: [Bug-tar] hard link extraction |
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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:00:09 -0500 |
On 10/23/07, Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden> wrote:
> There is no such option currently, but it seems like a good idea to have
> one. Enclosed is a patch that implements it (the corresponding option name
> is --hard-dereference). Please let me know if it helps you.
Yes, absolutely -- thanks! (I haven't tried it, but the patch is
pretty self-explanatory).
We'll add a test for this feature, and use it where available, once a
version of tar has been released that supports it.
Dustin
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