Re: Soft link confusion

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From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Soft link confusion
Date	Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:20:02 +0200
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On Lu, 30 aug 21, 07:47:13, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Thank you all for the help. Edwardo's mnemonic is a great help. So is the
> rest of the information. As to the BackupPC configuration change. While it
> is possible to redirect the backup in the config file, it is specifically
> not recommended. Not sure why.

It might be good to find out in any case, as the same reason (or worse) 
might apply to redirecting with a symlink.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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  Re: Soft link confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-08-30 02:20 +0200
    Re: Soft link confusion Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2021-08-30 15:20 +0200
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  Re: Soft link confusion David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-08-30 02:40 +0200
    Re: Soft link confusion "Gary L. Roach" <garyroach719@gmail.com> - 2021-08-30 16:50 +0200
      Re: Soft link confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-08-31 12:20 +0200

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