Suppose that we have to tar gzip a directory that contains two symlinks.
ROOT_DIRECTORY
SYMLINK_A
SYMLINK_B
SYMLINK_A
FILE_A
FILE_B
SYMLINK_B
FILE_C
FILE_D
If you use the usual command tar -zcvf ROOT_DIRECTORY.tgz ROOT_DIRECTORY
You will get an archive that contains two symbolic links.
ROOT_DIRECTORY
SYMLINK_A
SYMLINK_B
If you want to include the content of symbolic links, you need to add a "h" just after the "c",
The command is tar -zchvf ROOT_DIRECTORY.tgz ROOT_DIRECTORY
You will get the directory including all the files under the ROOT_DIRECTORY
ROOT_DIRECTORY
SYMLINK_A
FILE_A
FILE_B
SYMLINK_B
FILE_C
FILE_D
