><snip> >> One is tar, and second is star. > > Tar is the one you'll likely run into the most. Star is similar to > tar, but has ACL support, so if you're using extended ACL support > (requires a mount option to the file system) you get to keep all the > fine grained permissions. This applies to about 1% of the user > population*. > > * This statistic was yanked directly from the southern orifice and > should not in any way be considered accurate > I have a bunch of Samba servers that need the ACL option to simulate a Windows server behaviour but i still use Tar for the backups. I just save my ACL with getfacl in a file prior to the tar itself. In such case i know that i'll be able to restore both file and ACLs even on a system that has only tar and not star .... ****************************************** * Fabian Arrotin - http://www.arrfab.net * ******************************************