On Tue July 17 2007 09:32, Sunny wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Russell Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.

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Carlos FL

Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk?
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