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Re: [LUG] Permissions on .tar.gz

 

On Thu, May 22, 2008 14:25, peter wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have model railroad stuff stored in sourceforge.net.  My stuff
> behaves "nice" but on some stuff, when unpacked, looses  the executable
> attribute.  OK, its no trouble to chmod or indeed tick the box under
> permissions but is this usual or is it finger trouble.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> All the best
>
> Peter L-J
>

er.. I seem to recall that tar will retain the permissions.. it will of
course require a filesystem that supports the appributes...


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