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Apr 17, 2020 at 11:44 comment added color2v @K7AAY: I can always tar before using any other tool, so it preserves permissions, owners, modes and so on.
Apr 16, 2020 at 17:14 comment added K7AAY If you use rar, suggest you also use its -ow switch to save file owner and group for each file archived. ss64.com/bash/rar.html 7z does NOT do this, else I would recomend 7z since it is open source and free.
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:36 comment added muaB @color2v: absolutely agreed. alternatively I use snapraid (open source), but wouldn't do the job in this case anyway
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:29 comment added color2v @muaB: I think it's way safer to use free software for data archiving, you never know what the software will become in the future, and you can't keep the source code with the archive.
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:18 comment added muaB @color2v: afaik it's not open source, but no pay-ware
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:17 comment added muaB @Kusalananda: it' percentage, but you could calculate what you need
Apr 16, 2020 at 12:15 comment added color2v rar is paid and proprietary software. Any FOSS alternative ?
Apr 16, 2020 at 11:26 comment added Kusalananda Not having used rar myself, would the user be able to specify "give me 200 MB of redundancy"?
Apr 16, 2020 at 11:19 history edited AdminBee CC BY-SA 4.0
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Apr 16, 2020 at 11:11 history answered muaB CC BY-SA 4.0