I'm not on a zOS system now, but does its pax command have this option?
-p string
Specify one or more file characteristic options (privileges). The
string option-argument is a string specifying file characteristics
to be retained or discarded on extraction. The string consists of
the specification characters a, e, m, o, and p. Multiple
characteristics can be concatenated within the same string and
multiple -p options can be specified. The meanings of the
specification characters are as follows:
e "Preserve everything", the user ID, group ID, file mode bits,
file access time, and file modification time. This is intended
to be used by root, someone with all the appropriate
privileges, in order to preserve all aspects of the files as
they are recorded in the archive. The e flag is the sum of the
o and p flags.
There are several more options, but it looks like "e" is what you'd use.
Mark Jacobs
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On Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022 at 6:28 PM, Steely.Mark <[email protected]>
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> I would like to back up a directory and then execute SKULKER to clean out the
> old files.
>
> I really don't want to backup the complete HFS/ZFS file - DFDSS doesn't
> backup the fie if it can't perform the quiesce on the file.
>
> I tried using the PAX command which worked great except that it updates the
> LAST CHANGED date which prevent SKULKER from selecting that file for deletion.
>
> I thought about using DFDSS but it will only backup a single file that must
> be specified - wildcards not allowed.
>
> Any thing else out there to back up a directory which will not affect the
> dates & times for the file.
>
> Any other suggestion would be appreciated.
>
> Thank You
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