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Re: [Bacula-users] How does Bacula deal with Symbolic Links?

2011-02-11 11:05:51
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How does Bacula deal with Symbolic Links?
From: Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:02:45 -0500
On 02/11/11 09:49, B. Cook wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have been asked to make an emergency purchase of hardware and software 
> for my  district. (about 9am we had the tape drives fail..)
[...]
> I am trying to get an answer to the question of: "What does bacula do 
> with archiving to tape and symbolic links?"

And the answer is, Bacula backs up symbolic links as symbolic links.  It
can also keep track of hard links.

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