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#1 2009-11-13 03:28:21

andreamer
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Registered: 2009-08-11
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[SOLVED] File Permissions in FAT32

Hi, I have an external USB drive in FAT32 format, cant change the format because I ocassionally share files to Windows laptops that dont recognize open formats (ext3, etc).

For what I know, FAT32 cant save the ext3-ext4 metadata necessary to do a backup (mtimes, permissions,etc).

Anyways, My question is this, Will the metadata be saved if the file is compressed in tar and then copied to the USB drive?

Last edited by andreamer (2009-11-13 04:39:20)

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#2 2009-11-13 04:10:43

mikesd
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Re: [SOLVED] File Permissions in FAT32

Yes. At least permissions are. Not sure about times. man tar may help.

Last edited by mikesd (2009-11-13 04:11:27)

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#3 2009-11-13 04:39:49

andreamer
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Re: [SOLVED] File Permissions in FAT32

mikesd wrote:

Yes. At least permissions are. Not sure about times. man tar may help.

Thanks, that solved my doubt.

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