backups to cd and other disks and maintaining file attribs

[Jason Clinton]

hanasaki wrote:

> Any recommendations on how to maintain the attribs 
> (user/group/perms/dates...) of files when they are burned to a 
> cd/cdrw/dvdram, or copied to another partition, and later need to be 
> restored to their original form?
>
> comments on how to handle links?


Tar's default behavior handles archiving permissions and symlinks in 
their exact state as it should, by default. I recommend looking at the 
help text for --derefference and --check-links on the third page of 
'info tar'.  Use "/" to activate the search function in the info browser.


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