[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #641: tahoe backup should be able to backup symlinks

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#641: tahoe backup should be able to backup symlinks
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 Reporter:  francois           |           Owner:           
     Type:  defect             |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  minor              |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  code-frontend-cli  |         Version:  1.3.0    
 Keywords:                     |   Launchpad_bug:           
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Comment(by francois):

 What about mimicking rsync behavior ? It's probably much more intuitive
 for users to have a consistent default behavior while allowing special
 cases by the use of additional CLI arguments.

 By default, if no special argument given, follow symlinks, cross
 filesystem boundaries and don't save any special files (fifo, devices and
 sockets). In case of dangling symlink, display a warning and continue.

 Implement new CLI arguments to change this behavior:


 {{{
  -x, --one-file-system   don’t cross filesystem boundaries
  --devices               preserve device files
  --specials              preserve special files
  -l, --links             copy symlinks as symlinks
 }}}

 Note that implementation that last three options requires a way to store
 file type and associated parameters in metadata.

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