creating zipfile with symlinks
crankypuss
invalid at invalid.invalid
Fri Mar 4 06:03:00 EST 2016
Larry Martell wrote:
> I have a script that creates zip files of dirs containing symlinks. I
> was surprised to find that the zipfiles have zipped the targets of the
> links as opposed to the links themselves, which is what I wanted and
> expected. Googling I found this:
>
> https://doeidoei.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/compressing-files-with-python-symlink-trouble/
>
> Which I don't love as a solution. Anyone know a cleaner way to get
> zipfile to zip the links?
I don't even know what "zipfile" is, is that a Windows command? On
linux the tar command's --dereference option causes the behavior you
describe, which is not its default. Not sure if this is applicable to
your situation, or not:
http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/dereference.html
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