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Re: dates not restored properly for symbolic links
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Dan Jacobson |
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Re: dates not restored properly for symbolic links |
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19 Apr 2001 07:40:34 +0800 |
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OK, maybe mention this on the Info/man page then...
>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
Jim> address@hidden (Dan Jacobson) wrote:
Jim> | I used tar xvzf
Jim> | tar (GNU tar) 1.13.17
Jim> | it just uses the current time.
Jim> | tar ztvf shows them ok.
Jim> That's a limitation of the system.
Jim> Most systems lack (and POSIX doesn't provide) a function
Jim> that can set the times on a symlink.
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