Someone told me to use the following to get all the attributes You create a file using
pax -o saveext -wf *pax_file_name files_to_add* and pax -ppx -rf *pax_file_name* to extract the files. On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 13:49, Styles, Andy (CIO GS&S - Core Infrastructure & IT Operations ) <[email protected]> wrote: > Classification: Public > > You probably need the -p e switch: > > e > Preserves the user ID, group ID, file mode, access > time, > modification time, extended attributes, and ACL > entries. Prior > to z/OS 1.8, audit flags and file format (line end) > attributes > were not restored because they are not available in any > archive format. The extended attributes are the apsl > flags > that are set by the extattr command. A pax format > archive can > be used to store the audit flags and file format, and > -p e > will restore them when available. > > > Andy Styles > z/Series Systems Programmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Radoslaw Skorupka > Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2024 1:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: pax and extended attributes > > *** This email is from an external source - be careful of attachments and > links. Please report suspicious emails *** > > I have to move some directory trees from one file system location to > another. > The tree is rather complex (dozen directories, hundreds files) and some > files do have extended attributes. > My goal is to preserve all the metadata like files ownership, FSP, ACL, > tags, audit flags, etc. > > I tried to use pax > pax -wvf /u/pack1 -x pax . (current directory) > and then > pax -rvf /u/pack1 . (also current directory, but different one) > > It looks OK, but a flag is lost. > > The user is UID 0 (after su command) and has READ authority to > BPX.FILEATTR.* > > Did I miss something? > > > Finally I used copytree, but this tool does not allow to create temporary > packages, which is some disadvantage in my scenario. > > Or maybe there is just another tool to accomplish the task? > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > Lloyds Banking Group plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. > Registered in Scotland no. SC95000. Telephone: 0131 225 4555. > > Lloyds Bank plc. Registered Office: 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. > Registered in England and Wales no. 2065. Telephone 0207626 1500. > > Bank of Scotland plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. > Registered in Scotland no. SC327000. Telephone: 03457 801 801. > > Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Registered office: 25 Gresham Street, > London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. 10399850. > > Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth Limited. Registered Office: 25 > Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN. Registered in England and Wales no. > 11722983. > > Lloyds Bank plc, Bank of Scotland plc and Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets > plc are authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by > the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority. > > Scottish Widows Schroder Personal Wealth Limited is authorised and > regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. > > Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is a wholly-owned > subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets plc. Lloyds Bank Corporate > Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH has its registered office at > Thurn-und-Taxis Platz 6, 60313 Frankfurt, Germany. The company is > registered with the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, HRB 111650. Lloyds Bank > Corporate Markets Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH is supervised by the > Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. > > Halifax is a division of Bank of Scotland plc. > > HBOS plc. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. Registered in > Scotland no. SC218813. > > > > This e-mail (including any attachments) is private and confidential and > may contain privileged material. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please notify the sender and delete it (including any attachments) > immediately. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the > information in it or any attachments. Telephone calls may be monitored or > recorded. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
