print NUM_PREFIX $number_prefix;
close(NUM_PREFIX);
- $outcome = 0xff & system $tar_tool, "-rf",
+ $outcome = 0xff & system $tar_tool,
+
+#hmmm: trying to dereference symbolic links and stop missing stuff.
+"-h",
+
+"-rf",
&canonicalize($target_file), &canonicalize($prefix_file);
if ($outcome) { die("failure to archive"); }
unlink($prefix_file);