On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 11:07:18AM -0700, Scott Mcdermott wrote: > Brian Cuttler on Tue 10/05 11:18 -0400: > > I'd understood that the OS native dump could handle > > correctly certain types of files that tar couldn't. Not an > > issue of binaries but rather other types of special files. > > Is this or was this true ? > > Well POSIX 1.e ACLs are one of them. > > Why GNU tar doesn't support ACLs when star has supported > them for ages, is quite a mystery (possibly, so they don't > break the tar format).
Well, this is the wrong list for it but... tar should include a protocal version number in its header so that you could interchange files with different versions and be upwardly compattible. But I shouldn't start that thread here - and for all I know (and I know nothing about tar internals) it already has a protocal number as part of its spec. --- Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697 Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384 NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
