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I backups with tar. How to ignore error when link is broken? I want to follow links if (and only if) they are not broken. --ignore-failed-read doesn't work, tar exits...

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On which platform to experience such behavior? – alk Dec 31 '11 at 10:45
Debian Linux 6.0 – Александр Куракин Jan 4 at 22:15
Which options do you use when calling tar and what error message(s) do you get? – alk Jan 5 at 8:30
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