Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: > I have a RHEL 5.0 Server and CentOS 5.0 machine, both out-of-box > installs, including all packages from CDs. > > I have discovered that tar with the --newer option only seems to > correctly perform the "diff" of newer files when it runs on the server > housing the data (RHEL 5.0 in this case). If I run it on exported > directories (on the CentOS 5.0 system), all files are archived (i.e. > --newer doesn't seem to do anything). > > The exports are via CIFS. Would it make any difference if the export > was via NFS? <snip> You might look to see if there's a default on tar to not follow links to other filesystems. mark -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
