[ale] tar and usernames

[fletch at phydeaux.org (Fletch)]

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Newcombe <Newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu> writes:


[...]

    Dan> Is there a way to have tar just backup the uid/gid without
    Dan> trying to also store user/group name?

lemur:~ 411> tar --help | grep user
      --numeric-owner          always use numbers for user/group names


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