Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-31 Thread lars
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 03:07:05PM -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and > > groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers involved will have the > > same users and groups, and would like the archives to be extracted so > > that t

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Hans Mulder
On 30/12/12 19:57:31, Nicholas Cole wrote: > Dear List, > > I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move > some files between computers. > > I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and > groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers involved

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Nicholas Cole
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2012, at 01:57 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: > > Dear List, > > I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some > files between computers. > > I can't see documented anywhere what this library does wit

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Michael Ross
On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:57:31 +0100, Nicholas Cole wrote:Dear List,I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids.  I can't guarantee that the computers involved wil

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012, at 01:57 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: Dear List, I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers invo