Preserve ownership of entire folder hierarchy in tar?
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I can preserve ownership of folderB and all files and folders inside when creating and extracting a tar file as follows:
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
sudo tar -xpf out.tar --same-owner
However, folderA is owned by root when extracting unless the folder already exists. Is there any way to preserve ownership of the entire folder hierarchy with tar?
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I can preserve ownership of folderB and all files and folders inside when creating and extracting a tar file as follows:
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
sudo tar -xpf out.tar --same-owner
However, folderA is owned by root when extracting unless the folder already exists. Is there any way to preserve ownership of the entire folder hierarchy with tar?
permissions tar ownership
asked May 18 at 19:24
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I can preserve ownership of folderB and all files and folders inside when creating and extracting a tar file as follows:
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
sudo tar -xpf out.tar --same-owner
However, folderA is owned by root when extracting unless the folder already exists. Is there any way to preserve ownership of the entire folder hierarchy with tar?
permissions tar ownership
asked May 18 at 19:24
user276833
285
I can preserve ownership of folderB and all files and folders inside when creating and extracting a tar file as follows:
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
sudo tar -xpf out.tar --same-owner
However, folderA is owned by root when extracting unless the folder already exists. Is there any way to preserve ownership of the entire folder hierarchy with tar?
permissions tar ownership
asked May 18 at 19:24
user276833
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asked May 18 at 19:24
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This happens because
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
doesn’t store folderA as a separate object in the tarball, so it doesn’t have any way of recording the ownership and permissions of folderA.
To preserve the ownership, you need to tell tar to do so when you create the tarball; with GNU tar at least, the following works:
tar -cpf out.tar --no-recursion folderA --recursion folderA/folderB
This stores folderA (and its permissions etc.) without recursing, and folderA/folderB with its contents.
answered May 18 at 19:45
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
2
down vote
accepted
This happens because
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
doesn’t store folderA as a separate object in the tarball, so it doesn’t have any way of recording the ownership and permissions of folderA.
To preserve the ownership, you need to tell tar to do so when you create the tarball; with GNU tar at least, the following works:
tar -cpf out.tar --no-recursion folderA --recursion folderA/folderB
This stores folderA (and its permissions etc.) without recursing, and folderA/folderB with its contents.
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
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This happens because
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
doesn’t store folderA as a separate object in the tarball, so it doesn’t have any way of recording the ownership and permissions of folderA.
To preserve the ownership, you need to tell tar to do so when you create the tarball; with GNU tar at least, the following works:
tar -cpf out.tar --no-recursion folderA --recursion folderA/folderB
This stores folderA (and its permissions etc.) without recursing, and folderA/folderB with its contents.
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
140k22302363
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2
down vote
accepted
up vote
2
down vote
accepted
This happens because
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
doesn’t store folderA as a separate object in the tarball, so it doesn’t have any way of recording the ownership and permissions of folderA.
To preserve the ownership, you need to tell tar to do so when you create the tarball; with GNU tar at least, the following works:
tar -cpf out.tar --no-recursion folderA --recursion folderA/folderB
This stores folderA (and its permissions etc.) without recursing, and folderA/folderB with its contents.
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
140k22302363
This happens because
tar -cpf out.tar folderA/folderB
doesn’t store folderA as a separate object in the tarball, so it doesn’t have any way of recording the ownership and permissions of folderA.
To preserve the ownership, you need to tell tar to do so when you create the tarball; with GNU tar at least, the following works:
tar -cpf out.tar --no-recursion folderA --recursion folderA/folderB
This stores folderA (and its permissions etc.) without recursing, and folderA/folderB with its contents.
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
140k22302363
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
140k22302363
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
140k22302363
answered May 18 at 19:45
Stephen Kitt
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