lorty ( lorty@lemmy.ml ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up183file-text
arrow-up183message-squareTIL tar keeps permissions of the files and directories archived if possible.lorty ( lorty@lemmy.ml ) to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremonovergent ( monovergent@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoLearned to make use of this the hard way when transferring a directory over a FAT32 USB drive messed up the permissions.
minus-squareki9 ( ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.