Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:32:11 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chflags(1) unaware utilties Message-ID: <20100810213211.GA61196@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim6rgxQ_FCeOt%2BFnjmqbDLsd1=vC5za74RwhtgB@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100809180022.GA33596@freebsd.org> <AANLkTim6rgxQ_FCeOt%2BFnjmqbDLsd1=vC5za74RwhtgB@mail.gmail.com>
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--ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 05:22:47PM -0400, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 9 August 2010 14:00, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote: > > hi there, > > > > chflags(1) mentions that a few utilities including pax(1) aren't chflags > > aware yet. is there a list of all those utilties available somewhere? <snip> > > in fact the pax(1) manual states that `pax -p e` will "preserve > > everything". this is plain wrong! >=20 > AFIK, pax is a POSIX thing, and as such working > correctly or sanely would violate its posix nature. > (POSIX is an anagram of "Pox? Si!") >=20 > Is cpio chflags-aware? To the best of my knowledge the _only_ way to be sure you have backed up _a= ll_ possible features (flags, extended attributes &c) of a UFS filesystem is to use dump(8) & restore(8). Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxhxVsACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUOCgCfcRPa4+Pck87be0xJ7bgiITGU GZoAniYweSenekkVqUBRGMvCakITLyls =Khjt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--
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