Re: Numbers Ownership after tarring

[Mark Sargent <powderkeg snow email ne jp>]

Matthew Miller wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:20:18PM +0900, Mark Sargent wrote:
>  
>
> > ok, as a test.
> > [root localhost snort]# tar --directory=/ --owner=root -xzvf 
> >    
>
> The --owner option is for *created* files -- you're extracting.
>
> To extract, try "--no-same-owner". But also, don't get in the habit of
> extracting tarballs as root unless keeping ownership and permissions is
> exactly what you intend to do.
>
>  
Hi All,

yes, of course, but, it's handy to have the option. Example, when 
downloading/installing phpmyadmin, I had to cp the tar.gz to 
/var/www/html, cd into the html dir, extract, then rm the tar.gz. Much 
faster to just tar with the options --directory= and --no-same-name and 
then it's just a matter of cd'ing into the new directory..cheers.

Mark Sargent.