Re: [Bug-tar] [Q] control symlink creation time in tar archive ?

[Joerg Schilling]

Hidehiko Nitta <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi, I have small question on the usage of gtar, so
> I appreciate it very much if you could reply me with
> some answer.
>
> I am trying to extract symlinks as symlink with same
> creation time as original from a tar archive. But, I always
> get the creation time updated to a time of extraction.
> Actually, I see a creation time is preserved in tar archive itself.
>
> Is there any way to realize this inside gtar or outside gtar
> after extraction on UNIX (Solaris) ?

You may use star -ctime in extract mode. This creates a time storm.

Jörg

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