lorty@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agoTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.lorty@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremonovergent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoLearned to make use of this the hard way when transferring a directory over a FAT32 USB drive messed up the permissions.
minus-squareki9@lemmy.gf4.pwlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI uses to use 7z for my archives but it dropped the permissions. Now I tar it first into a .tar.7z aka .t7z when I want maximum compression.
Learned to make use of this the hard way when transferring a directory over a FAT32 USB drive messed up the permissions.
I uses to use 7z for my archives but it dropped the permissions. Now I tar it first into a
.tar.7zaka.t7zwhen I want maximum compression.