tar symlink problem

From: <tsh_at_mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:46:16 +0100 (BST)

Hi all,

TU64 V5.0 PK1
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I'm getting complaints from tar about long link names.
Does anyone know what the length limit is?

The complaints are like:


tar: /old_ramakgrp0/ribo/cnsrefine/initial_try/cmb_4.0A_0.575.mtz : Link name too long

The link itself is:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 ribo ramak 101 Apr 13 18:02 /old_ramakgrp0/ribo/cnsrefine/initial_try/cmb_4.0A_0.575.mtz -> /ramakgrp0/ribo/solve/aps0300/cmb_4.0A/solo1/cmb4A_0.575/cmb4A_s0.575_f-0.739_t0.05_8.0_4.0_final.mtz

(I've left them as long lines to avoid confusion).


dump seems to be able to handle these with no problem.


Also, I've been using dump/restore to make filesystem copies,
followed by diff -r to make sure all is well. However, diff
follows symlinks which is a bit annoying since it then ends up
comparing a file with itself.
Does anyone know of a version of diff where this feature can be suppressed?

Cheers,
Terry.




Terry Horsnell (tsh_at_mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)
Computer Manager
Medical Research Council
Lab of Molecular Biology
Hills Road
CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QH
U.K.
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Received on Mon Apr 17 2000 - 14:47:06 NZST

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