Re: XATTR option does NOT work for chattr attributes

> OK, what  you get from chartte is just a few "free" bits from 
> the UFS on disk 
> inode.

so -xfflags should preserve immutable flag, right?
but they don't on my installation. That's when I started trying -xattr ;-)

> File flags are implemented since 2001.
> Star should support to completely restore the file flags.
> If you have a problem, send a tar archive with a single empty 
> file that cannot 
> be restored correctly.

I have attached a star archive of a single empty file.
Here's what I did to create it.

# cd ~
# mkdir src
# cd src
# touch test
# chattr +i test
# lsattr
----i------------ ./test
# cd ..
# mkdir dst
# star -cp -xfflags -C ~/src . f=src.star
# star -xp -xfflags -C ~/dst f=src.star
# cd dst
# lsattr
----------------- ./test

So clearly, immutable flag is not preserved in backup/restore process on my
Linux box.
I also tried -Hexustar option (just in case it is not the default) but that
did not make any difference.

BTW, there is a note in man page about -xfflags on Linux being "buggy by
design" (wonderful expression!!). Is that just historical or is it still the
case?

Vincent

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