scp ignore symlinks

[J.M.Roth]

Hi there,
I'd like to copy symlinks as such using scp. I don't want it to copy
symlinked directories.
What should I do?
Thanks.

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Something like:

tar cBf - . | ssh somehost 'cd my/dir && tar xvBof -'

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[Alan J. Flavell]

On Nov 30, J.M.Roth inscribed on the eternal scroll:

> I'd like to copy symlinks as such using scp. I don't want it to copy
> symlinked directories.

Piping a "tar -cf - ..." into ssh running a remote
"(cd whatever; tar -xf -)" , using appropriate flags on
tar, can produce a useful range of desired behaviours.

Of course, in general the target of a symlink on one system might not
exist at all on another, so this only works in situations where it
makes sense.

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

"all mail refused" <el...@notatla.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <3de88edb$1...@news.vo.lu>, J.M.Roth wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >I'd like to copy symlinks as such using scp. I don't want it to copy
> >symlinked directories.
> >What should I do?
>
> Something like:
>
> tar cBf - . | ssh somehost 'cd my/dir && tar xvBof -'

Be a bit more efficient about it.

rsync -e ssh -a sourcedir/ username@remotehost:targetdir/

This doesn't send duplicates of files already present. The disadvantage is
that it won't create the leading subdirectories that the tar would, but scp
wouldn't do that either.

And folks? Try this for the tar command, so there's no need to do the "cd".

tar cf - | ssh username@remotehost "tar xvf - -C my/dir"

And why were you using the B and o options above? From experience, they're
really not necessary.