Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-31 Thread lars
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 03:07:05PM -0500, Albert Hopkins wrote: I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers involved will have the same users and groups, and would like the archives to be extracted so that the

Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Nicholas Cole
Dear List, I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers involved will have the same users and groups, and would like the

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012, at 01:57 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: Dear List, I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Michael Ross
On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:57:31 +0100, Nicholas Cole nicholas.c...@gmail.com wrote:Dear List,I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers.I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Nicholas Cole
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.orgwrote: On Sun, Dec 30, 2012, at 01:57 PM, Nicholas Cole wrote: Dear List, I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this

Re: Tarfile and usernames

2012-12-30 Thread Hans Mulder
On 30/12/12 19:57:31, Nicholas Cole wrote: Dear List, I'm hoping to use the tarfile module in the standard library to move some files between computers. I can't see documented anywhere what this library does with userids and groupids. I can't guarantee that the computers involved will