Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Trenton Adams <trenton.d.adams@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] world file cheating
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 12:50:42
Message-Id: 9b1675090601060445gd80a694t3cc9e2134532d8e5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] world file cheating by Harald Arnesen
1 I've never specified -p, so I think it must be default, because I
2 always have permissions preserved when I use tar. Perhaps this is a
3 GNU tar default setting?
4
5 On 1/6/06, Harald Arnesen <harald@×××××××.org> wrote:
6 > Trenton Adams <trenton.d.adams@×××××.com> writes:
7 >
8 > > I just boot with a gentoo CD, tar up my entire system, and untar it on
9 > > the new system. If your new system boots with the gentoo CD as well,
10 > > then you can pipe this over ssh. Something like the following...
11 > >
12 > >
13 > > cd /mnt/gentoo
14 > > tar -cz ./ | ssh root@other-gentoo-system 'cd /mnt/gentoo; tar -xz'
15 >
16 > Won't you need "tar xpz" to preserve file ownership and permissions?
17 > --
18 > Hilsen Harald.
19 >
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22 >
23 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] world file cheating PaulNM <gentoo@×××××××××.com>