Opened at 2013-12-06T16:27:16Z
Closed at 2013-12-06T16:32:06Z
#2132 closed enhancement (duplicate)
Backup symlinks
| Reported by: | amiller | Owned by: | daira |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | undecided |
| Component: | unknown | Version: | 1.10.0 |
| Keywords: | design-review-needed usability test-needed | Cc: | |
| Launchpad Bug: |
Description
Since ticket #850, tahoe backup completely ignores symlinks.
This is too bad, since my favorite usecase is to have a dedicated "backups" folder, where I can place symlinks to files and directories that I want backed up (such as ~/.xchat2/xchatlogs, ~/.bitcoin/wallet.dat, ~/research/papers, etc.)
For the past year or so I've been using the following patch, and it's worked fine. The basic idea is to traverse up to some constant number (e.g., 3) of symlinks. This is a useful compromise.
https://github.com/amiller/tahoe-lafs/commit/3deafed1c790e076481032536260a29ba2007401
Change History (1)
comment:1 Changed at 2013-12-06T16:32:06Z by amiller
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from new to closed
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Oops, duplicate of my own ticket #641