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Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes:

> 	Just to make =sure= about this: can using tar/gtar as root [or
> 	sudo] make sure that all the permissions are correct?  It =may=
> 	save me keystrokes, :_)

Permissions, yes.  If you want flags, you'll need the base system tar.