I am not sure if Windows supports symlinks.
But the current requirement  is to support at least Linux and may be 
Windows.


On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 19:13:06 UTC+1, Jason Pyeron wrote:
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> > From: Jenkinsnewbie 
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 13:10 
> > 
> > Will "cpio -dum" work in Windows? 
>
> With cygwin, how were you handling links before on windows? 
>
> > 
> > On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:35:39 UTC+1, John Mellor wrote: 
> > 
> >         "tar" functionality does not nicely handle links, and 
> > never has.  How about using "cpio -pdum" or "pax" to copy the 
> > directory? 
> > 
> >          
> > 
> >         From: jenkins...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>   
> > [mailto:jenkins...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> ] On Behalf 
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> >         Sent: January-13-15 11:33 
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> >         Subject: Efficient way to copy artifacts(with symlinks) 
> > across workspace 
> > 
> >          
> > 
> >         I have a very specific issue. Problem is: I need to 
> > copy artifacts from one directory in workspace to another. 
> > some of the artifacts  contain symlinks. I use the solution 
> > as provided in: 
> > https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/e15b2e19e394f5d631 
> > 83f01a2e72a14115a0c370 
> > <https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/e15b2e19e394f5d63 
> > 183f01a2e72a14115a0c370>  i.e. taring the source and untaring 
> > at destination. But it sometimes fail at the slaves. 
> > 
> >          
> > 
> >         Does anyone have a better solution? 
> > 
> >          
> > 
> >         Thanks! 
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