Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 03:40:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/44196: tar (sort option) Message-ID: <200210181040.g9IAeACl013184@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/44196; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> 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
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