hard links (leafnode)

[PleegWat]

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On 09/23/2012 09:52 AM, Thufir wrote:
> Just want to make sure before I do the backup. It should be fine?
> Just backup, and then I can put it back onto the spool at
> /var/news?

Sounds like it, but if you're concerned, why not just verify it
yourself? Using tar as an example:

$ mkdir test
$ echo 'some text' > test/a
$ ln test/a test/b
$ ls -l test
total 8
- -rw-rw-r-- 2 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 a
- -rw-rw-r-- 2 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 b
$ tar -cvzf test.tgz test
test/
test/a
test/b
$ rm -rf test
$ tar -xvzf test.tgz
test/
test/a
test/b
$ ls -l test
total 8
- -rw-rw-r-- 2 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 a
- -rw-rw-r-- 2 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 b


The '2' in the second column indicates the test file has 2 hardlinks
to it. Compare the following output after archiving and restoring
using 'zip', which does not support hardlinks:

$ ll test
total 8
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 a
- -rw-rw-r-- 1 pleegwat pleegwat 10 Sep 23 11:50 b


PleegWat
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