i don't see any mention in tar for windows that it has any knowledge of ntfs attributes. i looked at the tar for windows page: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tar.htm and the online tar manual page: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_mono/tar.html hence i expect a backup of my win2000 server via tar would not be useable when restored. please correct me if i am wrong, i would love it to work.. Brock Noland wrote: > I use tar, gzip and plink (putty backend). > > tar cf - directory | gzip -c | pink -so me -options here > > I have not gotten the z flag to work with windows tar. > > Brock > > On 6/23/05, greg wm <tclug at greatlakedata.com> wrote: >>hi folks, >> >>i'd like to setup backup of my win2000 server onto my linux server. if >>i were to simply transfer via samba, the various ntfs attributes would >>be omitted when writing on the ext3 filesystem, so, are there any >>programs, preferably open source, that handle this? >> >>tia, >>greg >> >>Greg Whitley Mott >>IT Coordinator >>NonviolentPeaceforce.org