X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:35:59 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: command-line archiver that understands Windows ACLs? Message-ID: <20051206213559.GA20995@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <439600F2 DOT 9020600 AT IcanFixYourEmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <439600F2.9020600@IcanFixYourEmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 01:21:54PM -0800, Mark McWiggins wrote: >I'm working with a company that deploys tar files from Unix to Windows >where the Windows administrators set their directories up with various >ACLs. > >Cygwin's default TAR program destroys these ACLs when files are >unpacked into these directories. > >Is there a command-line program that can unpack a tar file in such a >way as to leave the ACLs alone? WinZip can do this, but its >command-line addon only handles ZIP files. Unless you really need to use cygwin for other things, it sounds very much like you are asking for a non-cygwin way to deal with tar files. This really isn't a list for discussing non-cygwin solutions to problems. I see that a google search for "tar windows" unearths quite a few options so you should be able to find some no-cygwin program which solves your problem fairly easily. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/