2009/2/26 Jochen Schulz <m...@well-adjusted.de>: > Dotan Cohen: >> >> I need to softlink to files on a remote machine on my home network. It >> appears that scp does not support softlinks. Is there another way to >> do this? > > Not directly. Softlinks always point to filesystems in your local > hierarchy. A workaround is to use sshfs (or NFS or any other network > filesystem). >
Thanks, Jochen. This document [1] leads me to believe that hard links must be on the same file system (as they are referring to inodes) while soft links can be on remote file systems (because they only contain the path to a different file). [1] http://linuxgazette.net/105/pitcher.html What I need is the file directory tree of a remote system, browsable locally even when that system is offline. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ا-ب-ت-ث-ج-ح-خ-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-ل-م-ن-ه-و-ي А-Б-В-Г-Д-Е-Ё-Ж-З-И-Й-К-Л-М-Н-О-П-Р-С-Т-У-Ф-Х-Ц-Ч-Ш-Щ-Ъ-Ы-Ь-Э-Ю-Я а-б-в-г-д-е-ё-ж-з-и-й-к-л-м-н-о-п-р-с-т-у-ф-х-ц-ч-ш-щ-ъ-ы-ь-э-ю-я ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü
