Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

Hacksaw
2004-09-03T04:08:00Z

>If tar is patched then it would be no
>problem and no extra stuff but perhaps a switch --save-metas.

Aaargh. How about a tar that recognizes when the filesystem has metas and
saves/restores them by default, with a warning when it's losings data because
it's restoring to a simpler filesystem?

And maybe a switch --forget-metas.

Thousands of sys-admins will thank you to not make it easier to lose data with
the scripts they have already written.

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