[NCSA-discuss] preserving vfat attributes with unix 'cp -p', 'tar -p'

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

I have some windows files that I'd like to backup onto a 
unix machine (say into another vfat partition). In windows I 
made a set of 4 test files, using attrib, with each file 
having one + attribute (+h, +s, +a, +r) and the other 
attributes -ve (checked with Explorer). I then mounted the 
directory under linux and copied the files to a new 
directory or tar'ed them up and then untarred them in a new 
directory. I then remounted the directories under windows 
and checked the attributes of the copies with Explorer, to 
see that the attributes were junk.

Is there any way of using unix to copy windows files and 
preserve all attributes?

Thanks Joe

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