scp problem (openssh-2.9p2)

[Jim Knoble]

Circa 2001-Jul-09 07:02:13 -0700 dixit Dan Kaminsky:

: > scp does not preserve links (neither soft neither hard)
: 
:     Play around with the following command:
: 
:     tar -cf - <files/directories> | ssh user at host 'tar -C
: destination_path -xvf -'

Or use rsync:

  http://freshmeat.net/projects/rsync/

'rsync -a' copies recursively and preserves symlinks, times, and
permissions, and ownership too if you're privileged.

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