Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> 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 use -p on the extraction side and it works fine.
Also, from the man page:
-p, --same-permissions, --preserve-permissions
extract all protection information
This seems to indicate that -p is uded on the extract side, not the create
side.
HTH
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David Raeker-Jordan
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