Posted by nigel.t on 09/08/06 11:44

In article <edp72e$156v$3@ns.felk.cvut.cz>, stoupa@practisoft.cz says...
> <nigel.t@by.uk> wrote in
> news:MPG.1f6983e17848cc47989904@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >
> > It turns out the directory the .tar file is created in must have 777
> > permissions ... 775 wont do it... it must have that extra bit set.
> >
> I'm not a Linux guru but maybe can help you to use some tar parameter. Try
> to tell to tar thaht the temporary file must be created in /tmp dir. This
> directory used to have 777 privileges at all. Or try to create tar file in
> /tmp directory and after creating copy tar file to desired destination.
> --
>
> Petr Vileta, Czech republic
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>

Thanks Petr thats pretty much what I did.
Its still a puzzle I need to understand but at least I can get it working
now. I just hope I dont run into problems using chmod with PHP
through apache or that will screw me up.

-nigel-

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