Does unzip have a way to preserve the owner?  I see the -X option in
the man page, maybe you have to add that.  I'd suggest using tar
instead, and if you want it compressed, add the -z option.

On 10/16/07, Romanowski, John (OFT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As userid root I'm using zip and unzip to copy and restore a directory
> of files not owned by root (they're owner/group is oracle/oinstall).
>
> I find the unzip-ed files and directories are all owned by root/root
> instead of oracle/oinstall as I expected.
>  Am I expecting too much?
> Maybe should use gzip/gunzip instead?
>
> John Romanowski
> z/VM - zLinux Support
> NYS Office for Technology
> (518)485-9555
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