I am looking for some advice. I have some files on a Unix server, which contain symbolic links. I need to copy these over to a nfts environment, but wish to keep the symbolic links intact. Any ideas?

I think you mean ntfs as in Windows right?

I'm not sure how tar handles symlinks, but i would try tar first of all. If you are merely archiving them why not make tapes? If you have room i guess archiving them to a nt box is okay.

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I believe that tar has an option to retain symbolic links, but no guarantees (I lack access to a shell at the moment, sorry) so you might want to consult the man pages. Remember: Symbolic links mean nothing on an NTFS/FAT partition, so they will serve no function. Even if you can place symlinks in the archive, they will not be extracted to the ntfs drive if you are extracting them in *nix.

karma,

I think he is only meaning to archive them and not mount them anywhere, so if it supports sym links, he should be fine.

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The reason i need to put them over to a NTFS (WIN XP) is be able to copy them over to a DVD jukebox, which is controlled by a w2k server.

My current setup is

Unix server(NFS)

Samba client

W2K server

DVD

I need to keep the symbolic links if i need to bring back the job from DVD back to the Unix drives.

any ideas ? I am stuck

Make a tar archive on the unix system:
tar cf something.tar /something

Then copy something.tar to the ntfs filesystem. But don't try to expand the individual files. And just archive something.tar to dvd.