🚀 go-pugleaf

larry@computerrific.com (Larry Sherman) writes:

>>>>tar xvof /tmp/webpages.tar
>>>>[ forget the 'o' flag, and UR dead meat mon ]
>>>I don't think the 'o' flag has any effect unless you're a superuser.
>>>I would use the 'p' flag to retain file/dir permissions.
>>ONLY if the two user's ID numbers are the same.

>My counter page (www.computerrific.com/cory/) creates an archive of
>one dir and five files.  This tar file is created by user 'nobody'.

>When the tar file is extracted without the 'p' flag, the resulting
>permissions are at the mercy of the users umask.

This is getting silly.
I'm not talking about the umask and file modes.
I have an SGI at home, and another at work.
If I take a tape to work, and forget the owner flag for tar, the
OWNERSHIP of the extracted file is owned by root, as my login ID number 
there is not the same as at home, and defaults ownership to root.

ENUF!  Whatever.  I'll not bother trying to help anyone again.

End of line.
-JAS