What type of attrib's do you need? I know the files are "useable" but like you say they maybe missing some acl data or something. Do you use permissions extenstively? Brock On 6/23/05, greg wm <tclug at greatlakedata.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >