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From: ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
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Subject: Re: Network backup suggesstions?
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Date: 29 Dec 89 19:41:15 GMT
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In article <8912291517.AA02333@kailand.kai.com>, pwolfe@kailand.kai.com
(Patrick Wolfe) writes:
> 
> One other (beneficial, I think) side effect of GNU tar over regular AT&T tar.
> On BSD systems, if you extract files from a tar archive, you become the owner
> of all the new files (unless you are root).  On System V, AT&T tar
restores the
> original owner (because you are allowed to give away files), in which
case you
> may not have access to the new files (especially if the tar archive
came on mag
> tape from another site).  GNU tar doesn't restore the original owner, unless
> you are root, so it acts just like BSD's tar from the user's standpoint.
> 

The BSD functionality of not giving away files can be accomplished with AT&T
tar by using the -o (do not chown or chgrp files).  You don't need a special
tar to accomplish this.

							--- Ciemo