What version of STAF are you using on your machines? What operating systems are you using? What is the exact STAF FS COPY request that you are submitting?
If a file copied via the FS service is a symbolic link, the entry referenced by the link will be copied (not the symbolic link itself). This works as advertised for me. For example, when copying file /usr/local/staf/bin/fmtlog (which is a symbolic link to file /usr/local/staf/bin/FmtLog) from a remote Linux RHEL 5 machine (e.g. staf4g) machine to the local Linux machine (e.g. staf1e), the FS service correctly copies the target of the symbolic link (FmtLog), not the symbolic link itself. On the remote machine, staf4g, here's a listing of the fmtlog and FmtLog files in directory /usr/local/staf/bin: [root@staf4g /]# cd /usr/local/staf/bin [root@staf4g bin]# ls -l *og lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Feb 23 15:36 fmtlog -> /usr/local/staf/bin/FmtLog -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 49490 Dec 9 11:36 FmtLog [root@staf4g bin]# On machine staf1e, I submitting a FS COPY request to copy the symbolic link, fmtlog, that points to file FmtLog from machine staf4g to machine staf1e. [root@staf1e bin]# STAF staf4g FS COPY FILE /usr/local/staf/bin/fmtlog TOFILE /tmp/FmtLog TOMACHINE staf1e Response -------- As you can see, the FS service correctly copied the target of the symbolic link for fmtlog (which has file size 49490). [root@staf1e bin]# ls -l /tmp/FmtLog -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 49490 Apr 16 11:06 FmtLog [root@staf1e bin]# -------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Lucas IBM Austin, luc...@us.ibm.com (512) 286-7313 or Tieline 363-7313 From: sreeram <sree.jul...@emc.com> To: staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net, Date: 04/16/2012 06:28 AM Subject: [staf-users] symbolic links while copying symbolic links from remote machine it should actually chase down the target and copy it ?but its failing t0 do when i do it using fs copy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ staf-users mailing list staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/staf-users
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