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Subject: Re: Restoring Cygwin Backups with Symbolic Links
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On 07.09.2013 19:34, Dan Plassche wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use GNU tar from Gnuwin32 to backup my Cygwin installation on
> Windows 7, but restoring breaks symbolic links. The same problem
> appears with bsdtar from gnuwin using a posix archive format.
> 
> The restored link files contain the destination if you open them in an
> editor, but no they longer appear as symbolic links to the filesystem
> (e.g. with ls -l). For example, /etc/alternatives becomes a set of
> text files.
> 
> The only solutions I've found are to either dereference the links with
> tar -h or to reinstall all previously installed packages using the
> Cygwin installer. The installer is able to pickup what I have
> installed, so I can just click the global reinstall, but I feel like
> there must be a better way.
> 
> I'd appreciate suggestions for alternatives or pointers to fixing the
> issue with tar.

Use Cygwin tar to make backups and use Cygwin tar to restore them.
Which means that you have to keep a minimal Cygwin tar installation
(cygwin dll, tar, probably a compression program and their dependencies)
around.

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