Re: How to use CVS to backup soft links ?

[biocca@csg.lbl.gov (Alan K Biocca)]

On Gammasphere we solved the soft link backup problem by writing a simple
couple of scripts for making and deleting links.  These scripts use a textfile
that describes the links that can easily be edited.  One builds links, another
deletes them, and a third lists them in the format for the file.  The
makefiles then contain a target 'links' so you can, after a cvs checkout, say
'make links' and it makes all the links for the tree.  It is not recursive,
but the links description file can describe links deeper in the tree.
Thus you can do it all from one file or have local files per directory
or subtree.

Many variations on this theme are possible and easy.  Moving the link
declarations into text proved a simple way to clean them up, as well.
Once they are all in one textfile it is easy to see how to make them
more organized (like using the release link in all relovent link paths).
We're quite happy with this solution and will use it again.  If folks
are interested we can post the scripts - they are pretty short.

Alan K Biocca

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>   How to backup soft links with CVS ? One of suggestions is
> to tar the links and cvs that tar file. Is there any other
> way you may suggest ?  
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>   Thanks,
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>   ---- Johnny Tang
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