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Note that the name of the archive file to be created must ''immediately'' follow -f, without any interceding parameters. | Note that the name of the archive file to be created must ''immediately'' follow -f, without any interceding parameters. | ||
=Restoration= | |||
Restore preserving the user ID and file permissions (if done as root, the behavior is implicit) | |||
tar -xvspf .../archive.tar | |||
Revision as of 03:53, 17 April 2018
Internal
Options
Archival
When tar is executed as root, the file permissions and owner are preserved.
-p
Preserve permissions, default when the root executes the command.
-s
Preserve order (same order). Sort names to extract to match archive.
Archive
Archive maintaining the user IDs and file permissions:
tar -cvspf .../archive.tar *
Note that the name of the archive file to be created must immediately follow -f, without any interceding parameters.
Restoration
Restore preserving the user ID and file permissions (if done as root, the behavior is implicit)
tar -xvspf .../archive.tar