Copying of symbolic links not working as expected

Copying of symbolic links not working as expected

[Matt D.]

I'm experiencing a discrepancy between Linux cp and Cygwin cp when 
copying native symbolic links:

Test/
    FolderA/
       123/
       456/ -> 123/

On Linux I can:

 > cp -r FolderA/ FolderB/

 > ls -l FolderB/
total 0
drwxrwxr-x. 2 account group 45 Apr 21 05:47 123
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 account group  4 Apr 21 05:47 456 -> 123/

Entire folder copied with relative symblic link paths preserved.

*** (starting from the original state -- rm -rf FolderB/) ***

 > mkdir FolderB/
 > cp -r FolderA/456 FolderB/

 > ls -l FolderB/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 account group  4 Apr 21 05:47 456 -> 123/

Note that "456 -> 123/" in "FolderB/" is a BROKEN link. This is 
DESIRABLE as it preserves my curated symbolic links with their relative 
paths.

On Cygwin:

 > cp -r FolderA/ FolderB/

... Works as expected

But:

 > cp -r FolderA/456 FolderB/

ERRORS:

cp: cannot create symbolic link 'FolderB/456': No such file or directory

I know that there is no file or directory there. I'm trying to copy one 
to this location.

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Re: Copying of symbolic links not working as expected

[Matt D.]

Note that this creates a chicken-and-the-egg problem when copying paths 
which contain symbolic links which will be but are not yet valid at the 
time of copying.

For example, copying a very large and complex tree with many lots of 
links will result in a broken copy. I'm trying to copy a directory tree 
right now and it's a major headache.

For example:

$ cp -ra /c/data/repositories/ /c/development/repositories/
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifest.xml': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/config': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/description': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/hooks': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/info': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/logs': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/objects': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/packed-refs': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/refs': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/rr-cache': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/shallow': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/svn': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests.git/hooks/commit-msg': 
No such file or directory
cp: cannot create symbolic link 
'/c/development/repositories/repositories/aosp/source/.repo/manifests.git/hooks/pre-auto-gc': 
No such file or directory
...

And so on.

I had the same problem while trying to tar and untar:

tar: aosp/source/system/vold/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/vold.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/system/vold/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/vold.git/packed-refs’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/netd/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/netd.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/system/netd/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/netd.git/packed-refs’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/media/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/media.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/media/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/media.git/packed-refs’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/extras/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/extras.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/extras/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/system/extras.git/packed-refs’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/system/core/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/core.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/system/core/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/core.git/packed-refs’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/system/bluetooth/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/system/bluetooth.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/sdk/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/sdk.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/sdk/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/sdk.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/prebuilt/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/prebuilt.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/prebuilt/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/prebuilt.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/PhaseBeam/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/PhaseBeam.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/PhaseBeam/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/PhaseBeam.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/NoiseField/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/NoiseField.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/NoiseField/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/NoiseField.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/MusicVisualization/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/MusicVisualization.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/MagicSmoke/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/MagicSmoke.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/MagicSmoke/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/MagicSmoke.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/LivePicker/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/LivePicker.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/HoloSpiral/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/HoloSpiral.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/HoloSpiral/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/HoloSpiral.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/Galaxy4/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/Galaxy4.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/Galaxy4/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/Galaxy4.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/Basic/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/Basic.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/wallpapers/Basic/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/wallpapers/Basic.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/UserDictionaryProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/UserDictionaryProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/TelephonyProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/TelephonyProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/TelephonyProvider/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/TelephonyProvider.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/MediaProvider/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/MediaProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/MediaProvider/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/MediaProvider.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/GoogleContactsProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/GoogleContactsProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/DrmProvider/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/DrmProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/DownloadProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/DownloadProvider/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/DownloadProvider.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/ContactsProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/ContactsProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/ContactsProvider/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/ContactsProvider.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/CalendarProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/CalendarProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/CalendarProvider/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/CalendarProvider.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/providers/ApplicationsProvider/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/providers/ApplicationsProvider.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/PinyinIME/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/PinyinIME.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/PinyinIME/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/PinyinIME.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/OpenWnn/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/OpenWnn.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/OpenWnn/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/OpenWnn.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/LatinIME/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/LatinIME.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/inputmethods/LatinIME/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/inputmethods/LatinIME.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/experimental/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/packages/experimental.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/experimental/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/packages/experimental.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/VoiceDialer/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/VoiceDialer.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/VoiceDialer/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/VoiceDialer.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/VideoEditor/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/VideoEditor.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/VideoEditor/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/VideoEditor.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Tag/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Tag.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Tag/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Tag.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Stk/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Stk.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Stk/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Stk.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/SpeechRecorder/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/SpeechRecorder.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/SpareParts/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/SpareParts.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/SoundRecorder/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/SoundRecorder.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Settings/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Settings.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Settings/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Settings.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/QuickSearchBox/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/QuickSearchBox.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/QuickSearchBox/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/QuickSearchBox.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Provision/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Provision.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Protips/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Protips.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Phone/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Phone.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Phone/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Phone.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/PackageInstaller/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/PackageInstaller.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/PackageInstaller/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/PackageInstaller.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Nfc/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Nfc.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Nfc/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Nfc.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/MusicFX/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/MusicFX.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Music/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Music.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Music/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Music.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Mms/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Mms.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Mms/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Mms.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Launcher2/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Launcher2.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Launcher2/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Launcher2.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/KeyChain/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/KeyChain.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/HTMLViewer/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/HTMLViewer.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Gallery2/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Gallery2.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Gallery2/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Gallery2.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Gallery/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Gallery.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Gallery/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Gallery.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Exchange/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Exchange.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Exchange/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Exchange.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Email/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Email.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Email/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Email.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/DeskClock/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/DeskClock.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/DeskClock/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/DeskClock.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Contacts/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Contacts.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Contacts/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Contacts.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/CertInstaller/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/CertInstaller.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/CertInstaller/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/CertInstaller.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/CellBroadcastReceiver/.git/shallow: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/CellBroadcastReceiver.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/CellBroadcastReceiver/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/CellBroadcastReceiver.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Camera/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Camera.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Camera/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Camera.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Calendar/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Calendar.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Calendar/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Calendar.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Calculator/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Calculator.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Calculator/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Calculator.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Browser/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Browser.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Browser/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Browser.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Bluetooth/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Bluetooth.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/Bluetooth/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/Bluetooth.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/packages/apps/BasicSmsReceiver/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/packages/apps/BasicSmsReceiver.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/ndk/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/ndk.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/ndk/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/ndk.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/libcore/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/libcore.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/libcore/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/libcore.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/hardware/ti/omap4xxx/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/hardware/ti/omap4xxx.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/hardware/ti/omap4xxx/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/hardware/ti/omap4xxx.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/hardware/ti/omap3/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/hardware/ti/omap3.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/hardware/ti/omap3/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
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to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/jhead.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/jdiff/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/jdiff.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/jdiff/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/jdiff.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/javassist/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/javassist.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/javasqlite/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/javasqlite.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/javasqlite/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/javasqlite.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/iptables/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/iptables.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/iptables/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/iptables.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/ipsec-tools/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/ipsec-tools.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/ipsec-tools/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/ipsec-tools.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/iproute2/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/iproute2.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/iproute2/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/iproute2.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/icu4c/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/icu4c.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/icu4c/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/icu4c.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/hyphenation/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/hyphenation.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/hyphenation/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/hyphenation.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/harfbuzz/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/harfbuzz.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/harfbuzz/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/harfbuzz.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/guava/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/guava.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/guava/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/guava.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/gtest/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/gtest.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/gtest/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/gtest.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/grub/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/grub.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/grub/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/grub.git/packed-refs’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/google-diff-match-patch/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/google-diff-match-patch.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/google-diff-match-patch/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/google-diff-match-patch.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/giflib/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/giflib.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/genext2fs/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/genext2fs.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/fsck_msdos/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/fsck_msdos.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/freetype/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/freetype.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/freetype/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/freetype.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/flac/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/flac.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/flac/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/flac.git/packed-refs’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/fdlibm/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/fdlibm.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/eyes-free/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/eyes-free.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/expat/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/expat.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/expat/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/expat.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/esd/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/esd.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/emma/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/emma.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/embunit/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/embunit.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/elfutils/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/elfutils.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/elfutils/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/elfutils.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/easymock/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/easymock.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/e2fsprogs/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/e2fsprogs.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/e2fsprogs/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/e2fsprogs.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dropbear/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dropbear.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dropbear/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dropbear.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/doclava/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/doclava.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/doclava/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/doclava.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dnsmasq/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dnsmasq.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dhcpcd/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dhcpcd.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dbus/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dbus.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/dbus/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/dbus.git/packed-refs’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/collada/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/collada.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/clang/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/clang.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/clang/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/clang.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/chromium/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/chromium.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/chromium/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/chromium.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bzip2/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bzip2.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bzip2/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bzip2.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bsdiff/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bsdiff.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bouncycastle/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bouncycastle.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bouncycastle/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bouncycastle.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bluetooth/hcidump/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/external/bluetooth/hcidump.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bluetooth/glib/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/external/bluetooth/glib.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bluetooth/glib/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/external/bluetooth/glib.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bluetooth/bluez/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/external/bluetooth/bluez.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bluetooth/bluez/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/external/bluetooth/bluez.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/blktrace/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/blktrace.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bison/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bison.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/bison/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/bison.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/astl/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/astl.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-xml/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-xml.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-xml/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-xml.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-http/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-http.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-http/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-http.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-harmony/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-harmony.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/apache-harmony/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/apache-harmony.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/antlr/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/external/antlr.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/external/antlr/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/antlr.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/external/android-mock/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/external/android-mock.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/docs/source.android.com/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/docs/source.android.com.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/docs/source.android.com/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/docs/source.android.com.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/ti/panda/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/ti/panda.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/ti/panda/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/ti/panda.git/packed-refs’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/samsung/tuna/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/samsung/tuna.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/samsung/tuna/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/samsung/tuna.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/samsung/maguro/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/samsung/maguro.git/shallow’: No such 
file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/sample/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/device/sample.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/device/sample/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/device/sample.git/packed-refs’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/google/accessory/demokit/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../../.repo/projects/device/google/accessory/demokit.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/google/accessory/demokit/.git/packed-refs: 
Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../../../.repo/projects/device/google/accessory/demokit.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/google/accessory/arduino/.git/shallow: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../../.repo/projects/device/google/accessory/arduino.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/generic/goldfish/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/generic/goldfish.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/generic/goldfish/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/device/generic/goldfish.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/device/common/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/device/common.git/shallow’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/development/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/development.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/development/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/development.git/packed-refs’: No such file or 
directory
tar: aosp/source/dalvik/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/dalvik.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/dalvik/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/dalvik.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/cts/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/cts.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/cts/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/cts.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/build/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/build.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/build/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/build.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/recovery/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink 
to ‘../../../.repo/projects/bootable/recovery.git/shallow’: No such file 
or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/recovery/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/bootable/recovery.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/diskinstaller/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to ‘../../../.repo/projects/bootable/diskinstaller.git/shallow’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/diskinstaller/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/bootable/diskinstaller.git/packed-refs’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/bootloader/legacy/.git/shallow: Cannot create 
symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/bootable/bootloader/legacy.git/shallow’: No 
such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bootable/bootloader/legacy/.git/packed-refs: Cannot 
create symlink to 
‘../../../../.repo/projects/bootable/bootloader/legacy.git/packed-refs’: 
No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bionic/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/bionic.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/bionic/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../.repo/projects/bionic.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/abi/cpp/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/abi/cpp.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/abi/cpp/.git/packed-refs: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../../.repo/projects/abi/cpp.git/packed-refs’: No such file or directory
tar: aosp/source/.repo/manifests/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
‘../../manifests.git/shallow’: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

How do I copy directories with symlinks like this?


On 4/21/2019 6:07 AM, Matt D. wrote:
> I'm experiencing a discrepancy between Linux cp and Cygwin cp when 
> copying native symbolic links:
> 
> Test/
>     FolderA/
>        123/
>        456/ -> 123/
> 
> On Linux I can:
> 
>  > cp -r FolderA/ FolderB/
> 
>  > ls -l FolderB/
> total 0
> drwxrwxr-x. 2 account group 45 Apr 21 05:47 123
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 account group  4 Apr 21 05:47 456 -> 123/
> 
> Entire folder copied with relative symblic link paths preserved.
> 
> *** (starting from the original state -- rm -rf FolderB/) ***
> 
>  > mkdir FolderB/
>  > cp -r FolderA/456 FolderB/
> 
>  > ls -l FolderB/
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 account group  4 Apr 21 05:47 456 -> 123/
> 
> Note that "456 -> 123/" in "FolderB/" is a BROKEN link. This is 
> DESIRABLE as it preserves my curated symbolic links with their relative 
> paths.
> 
> On Cygwin:
> 
>  > cp -r FolderA/ FolderB/
> 
> ... Works as expected
> 
> But:
> 
>  > cp -r FolderA/456 FolderB/
> 
> ERRORS:
> 
> cp: cannot create symbolic link 'FolderB/456': No such file or directory
> 
> I know that there is no file or directory there. I'm trying to copy one 
> to this location.

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Re: Copying of symbolic links not working as expected

[Eliot Moss]

On 4/21/2019 7:45 AM, Matt D. wrote:
> Note that this creates a chicken-and-the-egg problem when copying paths which contain symbolic links 
> which will be but are not yet valid at the time of copying.
> 
> For example, copying a very large and complex tree with many lots of links will result in a broken 
> copy. I'm trying to copy a directory tree right now and it's a major headache.

Dear Matt - My reading of the cp man page suggests that the
-d flag addresses this issue for cp.

Now tar has these flags available:

-h (--dereference) to follow sym links, and
--hard-dereference to follow hard links

This suggests that tar does not normally follow links.  So I am
less certain what is happening there.

Another program you might consider is rsync.  While I normally
think of it as being for efficient cross-network copying, it
works within a system as well.  It will pay to read through about
its flags before trying to use it for this purpose.

It is true that, compared with Linux, Cygwin symlinks are slightly
funky in that they are true files in the Windows file system, but
with a specific format that Cygwin recognizes as special but Windows
does not.  But that should not generally be noticeable when using
generic Cygwin versions of programs such as these.

Regards - Eliot Moss

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Re: Copying of symbolic links not working as expected

[LRN]

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On 21.04.2019 14:45, Matt D. wrote:
> 
> I had the same problem while trying to tar and untar:
> 
> tar: aosp/source/system/vold/.git/shallow: Cannot create symlink to 
> ‘../../../.repo/projects/system/vold.git/shallow’: No such file or directory

My current workaround for *this* particular problem is to catch the "Cannot
create symlink" message and attempt to re-run tar multiple times until the
message is no longer outputted or the script runs out of attempts. This works
OK, unless the symlink graph is maliciously gnarly.

I doubt that this will be fixed anytime soon, it's a property of the NTFS, and
you should have known what you were signing on for when you enabled
winsymlinks:nativestrict (i'm assuming that you did; otherwise you shouldn't
have been getting these errors).


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