tar and extended attributes

[funkytwig]

I read it was possible now to include extended attributes in tar archives and that you needed to add a flag to the tar command but it did not say what the fag was. Anyone know what flage I need?

 

[alex0002]

I read it was possible now to include extended attributes in tar archives and that you needed to add a flag to the tar command but it did not say what the fag was. Anyone know what flage I need?

To the best of my knowledge, this feature of including the extended attributes is default behaviour in os x tar.

Just create the tar archive with 'normal' options.

tar cvf test.tar file1 file2

Then copy the tar archive to another folder or another Mac and extract the files.

tar xvf test.tar

The extended attributes should be preserved.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleSingle_and_AppleDouble_formats
http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...osx-add-extra-filename-when-i-tar-a-directory