Brian,
use the parameter -archsyml=no to not follow the symbolic links...You'll to
archive only the symbolic links.

Regards,
Leandro.

"Brian T. Huntley" wrote:

> Hello again everyone....
>
> I'm preparing to archive a large number of UNIX systems over the next two
> weeks, and I've run into something that really concerns me.
>
> Is there, in fact, no way to tell archive NOT to follow symbolic links
> when -subdir=yes?
>
> All of our systems mount our AFS Cell in various places, and sometimes
> this is accomplished with symbolic links to other filsystems.  Needless to
> say, following the links is going to cost me a rather significant amount
> of space wasted....
>
> Any ideas?
> TIA!
>
> -
> Best regards,
> Brian
>
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