Hi,
On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 14:59 -0500, Howard Arons wrote:
> I learned on this list that the '-p' option is used to retain
> permissions.
>
> How does one make sure that _ownership_ info is preserved as well?
Just tried it, tar extracts the files automatically with the
proper ownerships. If you want to be sure you can use the
--same-owner option when extracting.
> How does a tar archive store such info? Is it necessary to have a file,
> say in /etc, that tar uses that lists id numbers and ownership names?
The info is stored inside the archive. Just have a look at it
with
tar -tvf some_archive.tar
Ciao,
Stefan
Btw. there is also a nice info page with far more than you've
ever wanted to know about tar ;-)
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