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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive ...

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FollowsymbolicSupportedOptionsSyntaxThe followsymbolic option specifies whether you want to restore files to symboliclinks or use a symbolic link as a virtual mount point. Use this option with therestore <strong>and</strong> retrieve comm<strong>and</strong>s, or in the client user options file (dsm.opt).The followsymbolic option does not determine whether <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>follows symbolic links during backup or archive operations. During a backupoperation, symbolic links are never followed. During an archive operation, you canuse the archsymlinkasfile option to specify whether <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>follows a symbolic link <strong>and</strong> archives the file or directory it points to, or archivesthe symbolic link only. See “Archsymlinkasfile” on page 196 <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mationabout the archsymlinkasfile option. See “Underst<strong>and</strong>ing how symbolic links areh<strong>and</strong>led” on page 116 <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mation about how <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong>h<strong>and</strong>les symbolic links.ClientsThis option is valid <strong>for</strong> all <strong>UNIX</strong> clients.FilePlace this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).►►FOLlowsymbolicNoYes►◄ParametersNo Specifies that you do not want to restore to symbolic links, or to usesymbolic links as virtual mount points. This is the default.Yes Specifies that you want to restore to symbolic links, or to use a symbolic linkas a virtual mount point.ExamplesOptions file:followsymbolicComm<strong>and</strong> line:-fol=YesYes254 <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Tivoli</strong> <strong>Storage</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>UNIX</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Linux</strong>: <strong>Backup</strong>-<strong>Archive</strong> Clients Installation <strong>and</strong> User’s Guide

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