17 Jul
2007
17 Jul
'07
16:13
On Tue July 17 2007 09:32, Sunny wrote:
On 7/17/07, Russell Jones <russell.jones@cas.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
If you use tar, use the -a option to preserve special devices, etc. See the man page.
I do not see -a option in man tar? What do I miss?
It's an option of "cp" not of "tar". If you use tar, you should include the option -p while extracting to preserve all settings. -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org