Re: GNU tar can't preserve file immutable attribute set by "chattr +i" in Linux

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-03-02 18:35, 孟 大兴 wrote:
> Is it possible preserve file immutable attribute set by "chattr +i" when
>   using GNU tar in Linux? Or add this function into GNU tar?

It should be possible, yes. The attributes you're talking about are 
inode flags (see "man ioctl_iflags"). If bsdtar has some way to 
represent these flags in a tar file, presumably GNU Tar should use the 
same format.

Is that something you could implement?