Re: tar and '-p' option

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* Lance Hoffmeyer (lance@augustmail.com) spake thusly:
> When backing up directories do I need the -p
> option to save file attributes, ownership...
> or do I use -p during restore to do this, OR
> do I not need -p and it is done by default?
> 
> I don't really understand this option and I
> want to make sure that if I have to recover
> a filesystem that when I untar everything is
> not set with the root permissions and ownership.

Not sure about GNU tar, but most tars default to -p
when run as root. In any case, giving it -p doesn't
hurt. I always use -cpv / -xpvf - when moving 
filesystems.

Dima
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