Symlink on DCC

[sataday]

I have setup 2 different symlinks up on DCC. One to take me directly to plugins, and the other to take me directly to my oscam files (etc/tuxbox/config).
Although I have them both ticked in backup manager, after updating image, only the plugin one is there. It doesn't save the oscam files one.
This is not a recent problem. I have had it on every update for a while now
Any ideas why?
Thanks.

[abu baniaz]

Symlinks are not saved in a settings backup. They never have been. I suppose you can create a script to create them which would be saved.

Having said that, an update does not remove links. A flash does.

[sataday]

Sorry, when I said update I meant Flashing a new image. You say that symlinks are not saved yet the one I created for plugins does save.

[abu baniaz]

You'll have to show me how you are doing so

I have these symlinks.

ln -s /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins /_Plugins
ln -s /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/Extensions /_Extensions
ln -s /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/AutoBouquetsMaker /_ABM
ln -s /usr/lib/enigma2/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/AutoBouquetsMaker/providers /_ABM_providers
ln -s /usr/lib/enigma2/python /_Python
ln -s /usr/share/enigma2/Simple_Ten_Eighty /_Simple1080
ln -s /usr/share/enigma2 /_Skins

[birdman]

Symlinks are not saved in a settings backup. They never have been.Yes they are.


root@et8000:/media/usb/backup# tar tvf openvix-dev-5.3.008.007-20191102-2200.tar.gz | grep local
lrwxrwxrwx 0/0 0 2019-08-11 21:56:33 usr/local -> /media/hdd/GMLbits/local
lrwxrwxrwx 0/0 0 2019-08-11 21:56:33 opt/local -> /usr/local

[ccs]

….does this mean that a settings restore will bring them back as symlinks?

I guess it should.

[birdman]

….does this mean that a settings restore will bring them back as symlinks?

I guess it should.Hmmm....should be...

The restore command (as in "initiate a restore of a backup" - enigma2/lib/python/Plugins/SystemPlugins/SoftwareManager/BackupRestore.py) appears to be made by:


["tar -xzvf " + self.path + "/" + self.sel + " -C /", "killall -9 enigma2"]

so it restores everything (self.path + "/" + self.sel is the full-path to a backup file).

A restore at Flash time is run by the the Restore Wizard (vix-core/src/RestoreWizard.py) and it runs:


"tar -xzvf " + self.fullbackupfilename + " -C /"so should be the same...

[abu baniaz]

Are you saying a symlink is tarballed?

[birdman]

Are you saying a symlink is tarballed?Yes. No reason why it shouldn't be.
It can handle hard-links too.

[sataday]

Thanks for all replies, but I still don't understand why the "Plugins" symlink saves but the "oscam files" one doesn't.

[ccs]

Is the file/directory the symlink is pointing to also included in backupmanager?

[abu baniaz]

oscam config files are always saved. same for other cams

[ccs]

oscam config files are always saved. same for other cams

Although it's still possible to de-select them, whether by accident or design.

[birdman]

I've just done a flash+restore.
Both of my added symlinks were restored.

[sataday]

I've just done a flash+restore.
Both of my added symlinks were restored.

Was one of them "etc/tuxbox/config" ?

[abu baniaz]

What is symlink are you creating? Post the exact details including where you are creating it. Yes we know it points to /etc/tuxbox/config

[abu baniaz]

Doh, I wasn't selecting the symlinks in the backups. Selecting the links I normally create restored them.

I then created this link and also added it to my backup files.
ln -s /etc/tuxbox/config /_Oscam_configs

It was also restored.

[birdman]

Was one of them "etc/tuxbox/config" ?No, as I don't use that.
What is the actual symlink you have pointing to it?

[sataday]

As mentioned in my 1st post I set the symlink with DCC called "oscam files" which takes me directly to config where all my oscam files are.

[twol]

What do you mean by „oscam files“ in DCC because different images e.g. OpenATV store them in /usr/keys not as in OpenViX

[birdman]

As mentioned in my 1st post I set the symlink with DCC called "oscam files" which takes me directly to config where all my oscam files are.But I have no idea what you mean by "symlink with DCC".

[sataday]

But I have no idea what you mean by "symlink with DCC".

In Dreambox Control Center you have the option to create a new symlink. In FTP, rather that going to etc then to tuxbox and the to config (where my oscam files are) I just click on my newly made symlink which I have named "oscam files" and I go directly to "config"

[abu baniaz]

You can't have spaces. Add an underscore.

[ccs]

Won't the order the files are restored be significant, files/directories first, then the symlink, otherwise it will fail.

[sataday]

You can't have spaces. Add an underscore.

I will try that. Thanks.

[birdman]

Won't the order the files are restored be significant, files/directories first, then the symlink, otherwise it will fail.No. The symlink is an entry in the file system. What it points to doesn't have to exist (which is a "dangling symlink").

[sataday]

You can't have spaces. Add an underscore.



I can confirm that is the answer. It now saves. Thanks again.

[birdman]

You can't have spaces. Add an underscore.Hmmm....that looks like a fixable bug.