Manoj Srivastava wrote: > (diffidently), pardon me, but should the tar at the end of the > pipe not have -p, as in > tar lcf - / | ( cd /mnt ; tar xvfpsSWU -) > ------^ > which may have preserved permissions? (I threw in the other > options which I like).
I'll have to play around with this. I wasn't aware that `tar xvf' didn't preserve permissions (I've nerver had problems). But I'm always willing to learn something new! (Gee... Maybe I should reinstall from scratch...) -- Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada 418-775-0852 - FAX 418-775-0546 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
