# Note: There is a typo in the online HTML manual; missing f after -c
# I tried the way I have always done "tar cf ..." and the way shown in the
# HTML manual.
mkdir t &&
cd t &&
echo foo > bar &&
sudo chattr +i bar &&
echo Can make bar immutable &&
lsattr &&
# sudo tar cf j.tar --xattrs --xattrs-include=user.* bar &&
sudo tar --xattrs -cf j.tar bar &&
mkdir t1 &&
cd t1 &&
echo "Cannot restore. Try 4 ways." &&
sudo tar xf ../j.tar --xattrs --xattrs-include=user.* &&
lsattr &&
sudo tar xf ../j.tar --xattrs-include=user.* &&
lsattr &&
sudo tar xf ../j.tar --xattrs &&
lsattr &&
sudo tar xf ../j.tar &&
lsattr
~
As a general comment, I will note that if I do backup (-c) and restore (-x), I
would expect there would be no differences. Why wouldn't you make that strategy
the default?
