Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!ziploc!eps From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: FAQ -- Question #1(Next public domain software). Message-ID: <1130@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Date: 16 Jan 91 06:44:37 GMT References: <1127@toaster.SFSU.EDU> <1991Jan16.034038.14804@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 6 Oops! Sorry, wrong version of tar... I'm used to o on extract suppressing chown(). You're right--it's a no-op here. I really do want p, however--I've been burned far more times without it than with it. -=EPS=-