>>> -Mdist normalises all uid:gid to 0:0 (and some other things that > >>Strange, I though this feature was available with basic CPIO utils. > > No, it’s not, it’s implementation-specific extension.
I think there is something related to this in the linux kernel distribution. > But then, paxtar is a BSD-licenced and pretty compact implementation, > so it shouldn’t be entirely unliked. Thx, but I'm a GNU GPL guy :), but if it's minimal C and linux does not have one, I'll have a look for sure.
