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From: pwolfe@kailand.kai.com (Patrick Wolfe)
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Subject: Re: Network backup suggesstions?
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Date: 30 Dec 89 15:18:46 GMT
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> Written by ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi
>
> 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.

Thanks for pointing this out!

BSD tar does have a "-o" option, but it does something completely different, so
I guess I just didn't read the description for it on the Iris manpage.  Yet
another case of RTFM!

        Patrick Wolfe	(pwolfe@kai.com, ...!kailand!pwolfe)
        System Manager, Kuck & Associates