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From: "Czura, Wojtek" <Wojtek DOT Czura AT cognos DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: gnutar1.12 -xzpkf does not preserve file attributes on windows bu
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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 09:00:34 -0400
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Hi,

Using a Cygwin port of GNU tar 1.12 in a multi-platform environment, we
noticed that on windows (Windows NT 4.0), the option -k causes archive files
to loose their attributes, especially Read-Only one:
	gnutar -xzpf file 	- works fine
	gnutar -xzsf file		- works fine
	gnutar -xzf file		- works fine
	gnutar -xzpkf file	- changes Read-Only files to Read-Write file
on Windows.

Is it a bug or an intended behavior?? If it is a bug, are there ways around
it?

Best regards and good luck,

Wojtek M. Czura
Cognos Inc.
SD - UDA

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