Re: [Bug-tar] RFE? tar doesn't copy file attributes or ACL's (full permissions)

[Tim Kientzle]

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Aug 02, 2009  12:41 -0700, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
> > Would it be possible to get tar to copy (or ignore) file attributes, and 
> > to copy ACL's if they exist ( maybe via an option)?
> >
> > Some attr's I really like to keep on files, and end up having to use  
> > something a host of different utils (depending on fs and os), but
> > common examples are the '+d" 'don't dump' attribute ...
>
> This kind of file attribute (nodump, immutable, append-only, etc) isn't
> backed up by tar yet, not even the ones that already back up extended
> attributes (e.g. recent RHEL/FC tar with xattr patches).

Actually, star has supported this for a long time, and bsdtar adopted 
the star approach (the SCHILY.fflags attribute) a couple of years ago. 
It would be nice if GNU tar also supported the same mechanism.  I don't 
know whether Solaris, HP, or AIX tar support it.

> > ACL's -- those would be most useful for me under Cygin-Windows....
>
> ACLs are backed up by the patched RHEL/FC tar programs.

Are those supported on Cygwin/Windows?  I thought the RHEL/FC patches 
only supported Linux.

Tim