From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Oct 18 3:40:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55FCB37B401 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1696843E7B for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9IAeAx3013185 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9IAeACl013184; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200210181040.g9IAeACl013184@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: gnu/44196: tar (sort option) Reply-To: Peter Pentchev Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR gnu/44196; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev To: abc@anchorageinternet.org Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/44196: tar (sort option) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:38:29 +0300 On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 06:10:10AM +0000, abc@anchorageinternet.org wrote: > > >Number: 44196 > >Category: gnu > >Synopsis: tar (sort option) > >Originator: Joe Public > >Release: i386 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE > >Organization: > no org > >Environment: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Description: > tar is LONG overdue for a sort option. > >How-To-Repeat: > find -s/xargs/tar is a kludge and doesn't > preserve owner/perms nor empty directories. What exactly is it that you are trying to do? IMHO, tar(1) does a very good job of preserving file access attributes, when presented with the right command-line parameters.. G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 If you think this sentence is confusing, then change one pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message