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From: titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu)
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Subject: Re: [386 BSD] Permissions set wrong - HELP
Date: 5 Jan 1993 22:26:26 GMT
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bde@runx.oz.au (Bruce Evans) writes:
>zip). One advantage of cpio over tar is that it restores directory
>permissions so the default /tmp permissions would get fixed up by a
>/tmp with the correct permissions in another archive.
that is incorrect i am afraid ;) .. tar will restore permission for
root if the -p flag is used (i am pretty sure gnu tar has this flag) ..
cheers
..:. titus
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>Bruce Evans (bde@runx.oz.au)
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