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[Janicki at ia-inc.com (Chris Janicki)]

Is this something you plan to distribute?  If so, just re-tar the stuff 
after you copy it off the CDROM and the permissions are correct.  

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 7/10/01, 1:35:13 PM, "dan moylan" <jdm34 at cornell.edu> wrote regarding 
re: tar:


> thanks for looking at my problem.

> the problem seems to be that tar restores all the files
> (which being from the cdrom have no write permission)
> and then tries to make the symbolic links, but is prevented
> by the lack of write permission in the various restored
> directories.

> if one untars, adds write permission recrusively, and then
> untars again, all is as desired.  an ugly solution.

> any easy way around this problem?

> dan moylan
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