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Re: Archive Loop on Sun Solaris

2015-10-04 17:44:48
Subject: Re: Archive Loop on Sun Solaris
From: r oxbrow [mailto:raob AT MYRIAD.ITS.UNIMELB.EDU DOT AU]
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Eric,
        Currently there is no way to stop ADSM from following the
        symbolic link in archive mode.  I'm hoping the next PTF release
        will contain a flag to stop this..

        An alternative to archiving maybe to export the data from the
        tape library.

        -richard-



On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 02:43:33PM +0200, Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM wrote:
> Hi ADSM-ers!
> I have posted this question before, but I haven't received any reply, so
> I'll give it another try.
>
> I have the following problem with the ADSM Sun Solaris client:
> ADSM archives go into a recursive loop when archiving several directories
> containing softlinks.
> Test case: the directory /usr/X/bin contains a soft link the link looks
like
> this:
>
> $pwd
> /usr/X/bin
> $ ls -la xview
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           1 Jan  7 14:12 xview -> .
>
> When ADSM runs into this it keeps on going and going down and down.
> The links are Sun standard, apparently to be compatible with earlier
> releases
> of Sun Solaris OS. There are more of such softlinks in the OS, same thing
> occurs.
>
> We run archives and would appreciate it if we could stop ADSM from
following
> the links in archive mode.
>
> Releases:
> Server: AIX 3.1.2.20
> Sun client 3.1.0.6, Solaris 2.6
>
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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